TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gorter, Ramon R.
A1  - Eker, Hasan H.
A1  - Gorter-Stam, Marguerite A. W.
A1  - Abis, Gabor S. A.
A1  - Acharya, Amish
A1  - Ankersmit, Marjolein
A1  - Antoniou, Stavros Athanasios
A1  - Arolfo, Simone
A1  - Babic, Benjamin
A1  - Boni, Luigi
A1  - Bruntink, Marlieke
A1  - Dam, Dieuwertje A. van
A1  - Defoort, Barbara
A1  - Deijen, Charlotte L.
A1  - DeLacy, F. Borja
A1  - Go, Peter M. N. Y. H.
A1  - Harmsen, Annelieke M. K.
A1  - Helder, Rick S. van den
A1  - Iordache, Florin
A1  - Ket, Johannes C. F.
A1  - Muysoms, Filip E.
A1  - Ozmen, M. Mahir
A1  - Papoulas, Michail
A1  - Rhodes, Michael
A1  - Straatman, Jennifer
A1  - Tenhagen, Mark
A1  - Turrado, Victor
A1  - Vereczkei, Andras
A1  - Vilallonga, Ramon
A1  - Deelder, Jort D.
A1  - Bonjer, Jaap
T1  - Diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis : EAES consensus development conference 2015
T2  - Surgical endoscopy
N2  - Unequivocal international guidelines regarding the diagnosis and management of patients with acute appendicitis are lacking. The aim of the consensus meeting 2015 of the EAES was to generate a European guideline based on best available evidence and expert opinions of a panel of EAES members. After a systematic review of the literature by an international group of surgical research fellows, an expert panel with extensive clinical experience in the management of appendicitis discussed statements and recommendations. Statements and recommendations with more than 70 % agreement by the experts were selected for a web survey and the consensus meeting of the EAES in Bucharest in June 2015. EAES members and attendees at the EAES meeting in Bucharest could vote on these statements and recommendations. In the case of more than 70 % agreement, the statement or recommendation was defined as supported by the scientific community. Results from both the web survey and the consensus meeting in Bucharest are presented as percentages. In total, 46 statements and recommendations were selected for the web survey and consensus meeting. More than 232 members and attendees voted on them. In 41 of 46 statements and recommendations, more than 70 % agreement was reached. All 46 statements and recommendations are presented in this paper. They comprise topics regarding the diagnostic work-up, treatment indications, procedural aspects and post-operative care. The consensus meeting produced 46 statements and recommendations on the diagnostic work-up and management of appendicitis. The majority of the EAES members supported these statements. These consensus proceedings provide additional guidance to surgeons and surgical residents providing care to patients with appendicitis.
KW  - Appendectomy
KW  - Appendicitis
KW  - Complicated appendicitis
KW  - Laparoscopic appendectomy
KW  - Uncomplicated appendicitis
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/43968
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-439689
N1  - Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creative commons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
VL  - 30
IS  - 11
SP  - 1
EP  - 23
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -