Clinical Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Retained fecalith following laparoscopic appendectomy

  • Yegi Sandy Kim,
  • Joseph Cherng Kong,
  • Evan Williams,
  • Satish K. Warrier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3867
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 1651 – 1654

Abstract

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Abstract It is important to identify a retained fecalith and remove that infective nidus to decrease the morbidity in patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis.

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