Scrotal abscess following appendectomy

Postoperative infectious complications in children following perforated appendicitis present in diverse ways. We present two unusual complications of appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: an acute scrotum after open and laparoscopic appendectomy. A retrospective review of two cases of scrotal ab...

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Published in:Pediatric surgery international 2001-09, Vol.17 (7), p.569-571
Main Authors: THAKUR, Anjani, BUCHMILLER, Terry, HIYAMA, Darryl, SHAW, Anthony, ATKINSON, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - etiology
Appendectomy - adverse effects
Appendectomy - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Genital Diseases, Male - etiology
Humans
Laparoscopy
Male
Medical sciences
Retrospective Studies
Scrotum
Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the digestive system
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Summary:Postoperative infectious complications in children following perforated appendicitis present in diverse ways. We present two unusual complications of appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: an acute scrotum after open and laparoscopic appendectomy. A retrospective review of two cases of scrotal abscess following appendectomy at our hospital as well as a MEDLINE search was performed to review the clinical presentation, etiology, type of treatment, and outcome of these patients. Although scrotal inflammation occurring postoperatively in a patient with perforated appendicitis may be due to an incarcerated hernia, it is much more likely to be due to a scrotal abscess. Patients without a patent processus vaginalis or inguinal hernia at initial presentation of peritonitis must be carefully followed in the postoperative period and explored early if testicular or scrotal pain becomes manifest.
ISSN:0179-0358
1437-9813
DOI:10.1007/s003830000556