1938/08/20 by C. M. Burgess · 1 citation
Medicine · #Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management #Abdominal Trauma and Injuries #Hernia repair and management
paper · doi:10.1001/jama.1938.72790340001010
It is generally conceded, at least by industrial surgeons and insurance companies, that appendicitis of traumatic origin is a disease entity. Of course it is impossible to prove in the laboratory or by any other means that in a certain case acute appendicitis is traumatic in origin. However, in going over closely the history and clinical course of many cases reported in the literature as instances of traumatic appendicitis, one must admit that coincidence alone would be overtaxed to explain the phenomenon. This case is not reported with the intention of either supporting or denying the existence of traumatic appendicitis. Most authorities will admit that trauma may be a contributing factor in the production of acute appendicitis in a previously diseased appendix. Since no organ in the body is immune to injury, no matter how deeply seated, it is not logical to say that appendicitis on a traumatic basis cannot