Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jan 27, 2019; 11(1): 19-26
Published online Jan 27, 2019. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v11.i1.19
Comparison of clinical and histopathological features of patients who underwent incidental or emergency appendectomy
Sami Akbulut, Cemalettin Koc, Huseyin Kocaaslan, Fatih Gonultas, Emine Samdanci, Saim Yologlu, Sezai Yilmaz
Sami Akbulut, Cemalettin Koc, Huseyin Kocaaslan, Fatih Gonultas, Sezai Yilmaz, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Emine Samdanci, Department of Pathology, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Saim Yologlu, Department of Biostatistics, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44280, Turkey
Author contributions: Akbulut S, Koc C, Kocaaslan H, and Gonultas F contributed to data collection and manuscript writing; Akbulut S and Yilmaz S contributed to project development and manuscript writing; Samdanci E contributed to histopathological analysis; Yologlu S contributed to statistical analysis.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Inonu University Rectorate Ethics Committee.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to living donor hepatectomy by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Sami Akbulut, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Elazig Yolu 10. Km, Malatya 44280, Turkey. akbulutsami@gmail.com
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Received: October 13, 2018
Peer-review started: October 13, 2018
First decision: October 18, 2018
Revised: December 13, 2018
Accepted: December 29, 2018
Article in press: December 30, 2018
Published online: January 27, 2019
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Core Tip

Core tip: Incidental appendectomy is defined as resection of the appendix vermiformis in necessary situations such as a pathologic finding during abdominal operations performed for other reasons. A question remains as to whom incidental appendectomy should be performed. In this study, we compared demographic, biochemical, and histopathological features of the patients who underwent incidental appendectomy during living donor hepatectomy with patients who underwent appendectomy for presumed acute appendicitis.