Table 2 Baseline characteristics of six patients
Case No | Age (years old) | Sex | Clinical presentation | Diagnostic imaging | WBC and/or CRP | Amyand’s Hernia type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 77 | Male | Inguinal hernia associated with right lower quadrant abdominal pain | Abdominal CT | Elevated | 2 |
2 | 64 | Male | Inguinal hernia associated with right lower quadrant abdominal pain | Abdominal CT | Elevated | 2 |
3 | 56 | Male | Inguinal hernia associated with right lower quadrant abdominal pain | Ultrasonography | Normal | 1 |
4 | 30 | Male | Right lower abdominal pain | Ultrasonography | Elevated | 2 |
5 | 77 | Male | Inguinal hernia associated with right lower quadrant abdominal pain | Abdominal CT | Elevated | 2 |
6 | 71 | Male | Inguinal hernia associated with right lower quadrant abdominal pain | Abdominal CT | Normal | 1 |
Appendix | Surgical approach | Appendicectomy | Herniorrhaphy technique | Drainage | Antibiotics after surgery | Surgical wound infection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perforated | laparotomy | Yes | Bassini suture repair | Yes | Piperacillin sodium and sulbactam sodium combined with metronidazole | No |
Perforated | laparotomy | Yes | Lichtenstein repair method | Yes | Piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium | No |
Normal | laparotomy | No | Lichtenstein repair method | No | Cefazolin sodium pentahydrate | No |
Inflamed | Laparoscopy | Yes | TAPP | Yes | Cefoperzone sodium and tazobactam sodium | No |
Perforated | Laparoscopy | Yes | No repair | Yes | Cefoperzone sodium and tazobactam sodium | No |
Normal | laparotomy | No | Lichtenstein repair method | Yes | Ceftriaxone combined with moxifloxacin | Yes |
Discharge time after surgery (days) | Deaths | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | No | |||||
5 | No | |||||
3 | No | |||||
5 | No | |||||
11 | No | |||||
20 | No |