Post-colonoscopy appendicitis: A case report and systematic review

Table 1 Case reports of pericolonoscopy appendicitis

Author	Age	Gender	Time to diagnosis	Treatment	Perforation?	Postcolonoscopy?1
April et al[18]	52	M	8 h	Appendectomy	Nonperforated	Postcolonoscopy
Bachir et al[14]	28	M	2 d	Appendectomy	Nonperforated	Postcolonoscopy
Moorman et al[19]	71	F	Next morning	NS	Perforated	Postcolonoscopy
Moorman et al[19]	47	M	27 h	Laparotomy, appendectomy	Perforated	Postcolonoscopy
Moorman et al[19]	84	M	4 h	Laparotomy, appendectomy	Acute appendicitis	Postcolonoscopy
Pellish et al[17]	50	M	Immediate	Laparoscopic appendectomy	nonperforated	Postcolonoscopy
Volchok et al[30]	60	M	16 h	Appendectomy	Nonperforated	Postcolonoscopy
Johnston et al[20]	55	M	16 h	Appendectomy	Perforated	Postcolonoscopy
Chae et al[21]	48	F	4 d	Appendectomy	No perforation	Postcolonoscopy
Izzedine et al[22]	61	M	1 d	Antibiotics->appendectomy	Perforation	Postcolonoscopy
Petro et al[7]	53	M	Immediate	Open appendectomy	No perforation	Precolonoscopy
Rosen et al[23]	24	M	48 h	Laparotomy, appendectomy	NS	Postcolonoscopy
Rosen et al[23]	55	M	Several hours	Antibiotics only	NS	Postcolonoscopy
Srivastava et al[9]	65	M	10 d	Laparotomy, appendectomy	Appendiceal abscess	Postcolonoscopy
Takagi et al[24]	56	M	72 h	Laparotomy, appendectomy	Phlegmonous appendix	Postcolonoscopy
Lipton et al[25]	69	M	96 h	Laparotomy, Appendectomy	Gangrenous appendix	Postcolonoscopy
Hirata et al[26]	69	M	12 h	Laparotomy, appendectomy	Acute appendicitis	Postcolonoscopy
Vender et al[4]	44	F	Several hours	Laparotomy, appendectomy	NS	Postcolonoscopy
Vender et al[4]	55	M	48 h	Antibiotics	NS	Postcolonoscopy
Vender et al[4]	57	F	Immediate	Laparotomy, appendectomy	Acute appendicitis	Postcolonoscopy
Brandt et al[27]	65	F	48 h	Laparotomy, appendectomy	NS	Postcolonoscopy
Houghton et al[28]	35	M	8 h	Laparotomy, appendectomy	Acute appendicitis	Postcolonoscopy
Musielak et al[29]	33	M	6 h	Laparosopic appendectomy	Acute Appendicitis	Postcolonoscopy
Musielak et al[29]	45	F	4 h	Laparosopic appendectomy	Perforated	Postcolonoscopy
Penkov et al[10]	50	F	7 d	Laparoscopic appendectomy	appendicitis	Postcolonoscopy
Horimatsu et al[31]	68	M	1 d	Antibiotics	NS	Postcolonoscopy with EMR
Kothari et al[11]	27	F	Immediate	Laparoscopic appendectomy	Purulent erosive appendicitis	Precolonoscopy

¹Postcolonoscopy appendicitis defined above in text. M/F: Male/female; NS: Not specified; EMR: Endoscopic mucosal resection.