Acute peritonitis secondary to post-traumatic appendicitis: A case report and literature review

Table 1 Literature review of post-traumatic appendicitis

Ref.	Year	Cases, n	Age in yr	Mechanism of injury	Time of presentation	WBC as /mm3	Investigations	Surgery	Findings
Hennington et al[13]	1991	2	46; 12	RTA; fall	48 h; 12 h	16900; 13000	CT (free fluid); none	Laparotomy; laparotomy	Isolated; isolated
Bangs[14]	1991	1	20	RTA	A few hours	3250	CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Musemeche and Baker[15]	1995	1	4	RTA	A few hours	22900	CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Stephenson and Shandall[16]	1995	1	32	Seat belt	120 h	NA	NA	Laparotomy	Wedge fracture of T10
Serour et al[17]	1996	3	11; 8; 7	Assault; fall; assault	1 h; 3 h; 7 d	4500; 20100; NA	CT; none; CT	Laparotomy; laparotomy; laparotomy	Isolated; isolated; isolated
Ciftci et al[2]	1996	5	8; 5; 13; 14; 7	RTA; fall; ball; RTA; assault	2 h; 6 h; 12 h; 4 h; 12 h	9800-18000	NA; NA; NA; US; US	Laparotomy; laparotomy; laparotomy; laparotomy; laparotomy	Head injury; rib fracture; isolated; head injury; head injury
Edwards et al[11]	1999	1	41	RTA	Hours	NA	CT	Laparotomy	Ileocecal lesion and ileocecal resection
Osterhoudt[8]	2000	1	9	RTA	Hours	NA	CT (NL)	Laparotomy	Isolated
Takagi et al[18]	2000	1	45	Seat belt	24 h	NA	NA	Laparotomy	Isolated
Ramsook[19]	2001	1	12	Assault	7 h	15400	CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Houry et al[20]	2001	1	5	Fall	1 h	NA	CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Hagger et al[21]	2002	1	60	Fall	72 h	NA	CT	Laparotomy	Incarcerated direct hernia
Ramesh et al[22]	2002	1	11	Bicycle	48 h	NL	US	Laparotomy	Isolated
Karavokyros et al[23]	2004	1	21	Assault	Hours	NA	US	Laparotomy	Isolated
Etensel et al[10]	2005	5	5; 8; 14; 9; 13	RTA; RTA; RTA; fall; RTA	4 h; 1 h; 1 h; 1 h; 15 min	18700; 19500; 12200; 17700; 19400	US; US; US; US, CT; CT	Laparotomy; laparotomy; laparotomy; laparotomy; laparotomy	Multiple hepatic lacerations; right diaphragmatic rupture, liver laceration, and retroperitoneal hematoma; retroperitoneal hematoma; isolated; left diaphragmatic rupture, splenic laceration, and left ureteropelvic junction rupture
Volchok and Cohn[24]	2006	1	60	Colonoscopy	60 h	13700	CT	Laparoscopy	Isolated
Derr and Goldner[25]	2009	1	41	Fall	24 h	NA	US, CT	Laparoscopy	Isolated
Amir et al[5]	2009	1	10	Fall	2 h	NL	US, CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Toumi et al[26]	2010	1	11	Assault	3 d	NA	CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
O'Kelly et al[27]	2012	1	29	Ball	24 h	17470	CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Paschos et al[28]	2012	1	17	Bicycle	12 h	12700	US	Laparotomy	Isolated
Wani[29]	2013	8	9-63	3 falls; 4 assaults; 1 bicycle	24 h-4 d	NA	US, CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Bouassria et al[4]	2013	1	24	Stab	24 h	14000	US (2nd)	Laparotomy	Retroperitoneal hematoma
Moslemi et al[30]	2013	1	13	Bicycle	6 h	14700	US, CT	Laparotomy	Rupture of the small bowel mesentery
Go et al[31]	2016	1	23	Seat belt	0.5	NA	US, CT	Laparotomy	Tearing of the distal ileum mesentery
Khilji et al[32]	2017	1	43	RTA	2 h	11000	US, CT	Laparoscopy	Isolated
Cobb[33]	2017	1	17	RTA	24 h	10800	CT	Laparoscopy, laparotomy	Isolated
Aljaberi et al[34]	2018	1	24	Seat belt	24 h	NA	CT	Laparotomy	Transection of the omentum
Çağlar et al[35]	2018	1	12	Fall	24 h	21020	CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Siddiqui et al[36]	2018	1	22	Fall	3 h	7500	CT	Laparoscopy	Isolated
Zvizdic et al[7]	2019	1	7	Horse kick	10 h	11500	US, CT	Laparotomy	Isolated
Salinas-Castro et al[37]	2023	1	14	Soccer ball	6 h	NA	US, CT	Laparoscopy	Isolated
Goldman et al[38]	2022	1	11	Assault	24 h	22000	MRI	Laparoscopy	Isolated
Our study	2023	1	12	Fall	3 d	14500	US	Laparotomy	Isolated

CT: Computed tomography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; NA: Not available; NL: Normal; RTA: Road traffic accident; US: Ultrasound; WBC: White blood cell.