🔥6 modern lessons in appendicitis every uptodate surgeon should know 👉
Appendicitis is common, it’s hard to diagnose, and every surgeon has an opinion.
I’ve been reading, publishing, and reviewing on it since 2011, since one of the first collaborative research projects ever: https://t.co/uVykZq2AOA
So here are 6 modern, evidence-based lessons every surgeon around the world should know🧵:
Certainly no surprises: “This study demonstrated that LAP was not inferior to OPEN with regard to overall five-year survival. These results support the use of laparoscopic surgery.” @ColorectalDis@ACPGBI@escp_tweets@coloproctoaec@TKRCD_ https://t.co/w3g71VEiqI
@AntoninoSpin@escp#TAMIS course 1. TAMIS should just be the name of a platform (not a procedure) through which you do: submucosal vs intramuscolar vs full-thickness vs extramural resection 2. Please stage all lesions +discuss @MDT (never a waste of time) @RoelHompes
In Northern Ireland, Faecal Immunochemical test is being used for screening asymptomatic people through #bowelscreening and to investigate symptomatic patients. Do you know the key differences? Find out in this useful infographic for health professionals: https://t.co/PJ4SR5RxE7