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Vermiform appendix: positions and length – a study of 377 cases and literature review

Published:2015-12 Issue:04 Volume:35 Page:212-216
ISSN:2237-9363
Container-title:Journal of Coloproctology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Coloproctology

Author:

de Souza Sandro Cilindro¹²,da Costa Sérgio Ricardo Matos Rodrigues³⁴,de Souza Iana Gonçalves Silva²

Affiliation:

1. Instituto Médico-Legal de Feira de Santana, Secretaria de Segurança Pública do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

2. Department of Anatomy, Faculdades Adventistas da Bahia, Capoeiruçu, BA, Brazil

3. Instituto Médico-Legal Nina Rodrigues, Secretaria de Segurança Pública do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

4. Center for Health Sciences, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

Abstract

Abstract Objective Evaluation of the frequency of the relative positions and length of vermiform appendix in a group of corpses examined by the authors. Method Dissection of 377 adult cadavers autopsied. Results and conclusions Retrocecal: 43.5%; subcecal: 24.4% post-ileal: 14.3%, pelvic: 9.3%; paracecal: 5.8%; and pre-ileal appendices: 2.4%, other positions: 0.27%, mean length: 11.4 cm.

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Subject

Gastroenterology

Link

http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1016/j.jcol.2015.08.003.pdf

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