Acute Pachitisa - What Are You Thinking?

A laproscopic exploration for presumed acute appendicitis, a o appendix appears normal, but the t i look inflamed. What what are you think ing then? So this patient has likely crone's disease, but if the secum is uninvolved, i would do an apendectomede to prevent future diagnostic confusion. If the Secum is inflamed, i would leave the appendix in place either way and treat medically for acute chrone's flare. To antibiotics te next line would be budecinide animas. That's col erectl for the obside. An the boards. Be sure to check out or web side at w w dot behind the knife dot