Open AccessComparison of clinical and histopathological features of patients who underwent incidental or emergency appendectomy
Author(s) -
Sami Akbulut,
Cemalettin Koç,
Hüseyin Kocaaslan,
Fatih Gönültaş,
Emine Şamdancı,
Saim Yoloğlu,
Sezai Yilmaz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v11.i1.19
Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , appendicitis , mean corpuscular volume , acute appendicitis , red blood cell distribution width , white blood cell , histopathology , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology , hemoglobin , paleontology , biology
Incidental appendectomy can be defined as the removal of a clinically normal appendix during another surgical procedure unrelated to appendicitis or other appendicular diseases.