PPT-Appendicitis Definition The appendix is a small, finger-like appendage attached

to the cecum just below the ileocecal valve It empties into the colon inefficiently and its lumen is small it is prone to becoming obstructed and is vulnerable to infection appendicitis. Appendicitis is the leading cause of emergency abdominal operations 1 Spirt MJ Complicated intraabdominal infections a focus on appendicitis and diverticulitis Postgraduate Medicine 201012213951 What is the appendix The appendix is a 64257ngerlike p Mohammad Mobasheri. SpR General Surgery. Blind ending tube 6-9cm (can be as long as 25cm). Opens into posterior medial wall of . caecum. , 2 cm below . ileocaecal. valve at point of convergence of three . Presented by :. Sara . Shokri. . Moghaddam. Anatomy & Function of appendix. The three . taeniae. coli converge at the junction of the . cecum. with the appendix.. The tip of appendix can be found in a . Firas. . Majeed. . . . Acute . appendicitis is the most common cause of an ‘acute abdomen’ in young . adults. . Appendicitis is sufficiently common that . appendicectomy. (termed ‘appendectomy’ in North America) is the most frequently performed urgent abdominal operation and is often the first major procedure performed by a surgeon in training. CT Appearances. Christopher M. Chin, MD. Kheng. L. Lim, MD. Both authors have disclosed no relevant relationships. . Address correspondence to . C.M.C., Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 800 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (e-mail: . Harry H. Holdorf . PhD, MPA, RDMS (Ab, Ob, BR), RVT, LRT(AS). objectives. Understand the main drivers promoting sonography of the appendix. Provide a better understanding of the anatomy of the appendix and how appendicitis occurs. Objectives . 1.Anatomy of the appendix. 2. Acute Appendicitis . 3.Epidemiology… Etilogy… Clinical presentation … diagnosis. 4. Operative Intervention . 5. Post operative care . 6. Complications . Noor Wafaa Hashim. Epidemiology. Commonest . cause of an acute abdomen and surgical admission in the UK.. Approximately . one. in . seven . people will have an . appendicectomy. .. It most commonly occurs between . Vermiform appendix is present in human's . musculans. only; it’s a blind muscular tube with mucosal and . submucosal. , muscular and . serosal. layers.. Acute appendicitis . is the commonest abdominal emergency in young adults . Panchajani.R. APPENDIX . Anatomy. Narrow hollow tube , closed at one end . situated . in the right . illiac. . fossa. and that protrudes from the . postero medial . aspect of . caecum. 2cm below the insertion of the . . LEARNING OBJECTIVES . Describe the appendix and appendicitis along with its pathophysiology. . Identify the clinical manifestations of appendicitis.. Discuss assessment and diagnostic findings of appendicitis.. Adıyaman University Faculty of Medicine, Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Adıyaman-TurkeyABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the diagnosti Lubab. . Tarek. . Nafea. Appendicitis . is defined as an inflammation of the inner lining of the vermiform appendix that spreads to its other parts. . Epidemiology. Commonest . cause of an acute abdomen and surgical admission in the UK.. . ASSISTANT PROFESSOR . ( KAYACHIKITSA). SVAMCH, CHANDRAPUR. Inflamed Appendix . Different positions Acute appendicitis. Introduction and definition . Appendicitis is term to be the end result . of infectious and pathological condition inside the lumen of appendix.