INFLAMMATION OF THE STUMP'S VERMIFORM OUTGROWTH AS A LATE COMPLICATION AFTER APPENDECTOMY

In the overwhelming majority of cases, appendectomy leads to a complete cure, but some patients continue to suffer from pain in the right iliac region, which forces them to re-consult a doctor, and sometimes even undergo surgical treatment. Without setting in the present work the task of analyzing all the reasons causing the recurrence of pain after appendectomy, we will dwell only on a narrow circle of questions related to the details of the operative technique when processing the stump of the appendix. Dozens of proposals devoted to the treatment of the stump of the appendix during appendectomy, it would seem, should have clarified the technique. However, at the 1st All-Russian Conference of Surgeons, held in 1956, the technique of processing the stump of the appendix was again the subject of discussion (S. D. Ternovsky, E. L. Berezov, D. N. Fedorov and L. N. Garvin).