Acute Appendicitis Following Abdominal Trauma

1996/07/01 by Francis Serour · 7 citations
Medicine · #Abdominal Trauma and Injuries #Abdominal trauma #Acute appendicitis #Appendicitis #Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management #Appendix #Blunt #Blunt trauma #General surgery #Hernia repair and management #Medicine #Surgery

paper · doi:10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430190107026

openalex publication_date 1996/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

Acute appendicitis (AA) is generally considered to be a consequence of lumenal obstruction and inflammation of the appendix. At the beginning of the 20th century, trauma was considered to be one of the possible causes of AA but this relationship has not been examined much since then. Our experience with three cases of AA following blunt abdominal trauma led to an extensive review of the world literature on the subject. We believe that abdominal trauma might be causative of AA. The potential for this hazardous and easily missed diagnostic entity should be appreciated in cases of blunt abdominal trauma both for sound clinical decision making and for its potential medical and legal implications.

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