Treatment for appendicitis in cancer patients on chemotherapy: a retrospective cohort study.

Hyung Hwan Kim Sung Sil Park Byung Chang Kim Kyung-Su Han Bun Kim Chang Won Hong Dae Kyung Sohn Kiho You Dong Woon Lee Sung Chan Park

Published in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2024)

Surgical treatment showed a significantly higher success rate than conservative treatment for appendicitis in patients less than 1 month after chemotherapy. Further prospective studies will be needed to clinically determine treatment options.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
combination therapy
radiation therapy
smoking cessation