Table 1 Literature review about the presence of pneumoperitoneum following post-traumatic acute appendicitis
From: Is pneumoperitoneum specific of post-traumatic appendicitis? Case report and literature review
Studies | Age (years) | Radiological assessments | Pneumoperitoneum | Appendicitis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Etensel et al. [4] | Patient 1 | 5 | Ultrasonography + computed tomography | Yes | Not perforated |
Patient 2 | 8 | Ultrasonography | No | Not perforated | |
Patient 3 | 14 | Ultrasonography | No | Not perforated | |
Patient 4 | 9 | Ultrasonography | No | Not perforated | |
Patient 5 | 13 | Computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Toumi et al. [1] | 11 | Abdominal X-ray | Yes | Not perforated | |
Ciftci et al. [5] | Patient 1 | 8 | Not performed | NM | Perforated |
Patient 2 | 5 | Not performed | NM | Not perforated | |
Patient 3 | 13 | Not performed | NM | Not perforated | |
Patient 4 | 7 | Ultrasonography | No | Perforated | |
Patient 5 | 14 | Ultrasonography | No | Not perforated | |
Serour et al. [6] | Patient 1 | 11 | Not performed | NM | Not perforated |
Patient 2 | 8 | Computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Patient 3 | 7 | Computed tomography | No | Perforated | |
Ramsook [7] | 12 | Computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Gupta et al. [8] | Patient 1 | 9 | Abdominal X-ray | No | Perforated |
Patient 2 | 11 | Computed tomography | No | Perforated | |
Amir et al. [9] | 10 | Ultrasonography + computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Volchoh et al. [10] | 60 | Computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Atallah et al. [11] | 53 | Computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Hegger et al. [12] | 62 | Computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Derr et al. [13] | 41 | Ultrasonography | No | Not perforated | |
Hennington et al. [14] | Patient 1 | 12 | Not performed | NM | Not perforated |
Patient 2 | 46 | Not performed | NM | Not perforated | |
Karavokyros et al. [15] | 21 | Ultrasonography | No | Not perforated | |
Musemeche et al. [16] | 5 | Computed tomography | No | Perforated | |
Osterhoudt et al. [17] | 9 | Computed tomography | No | Not perforated | |
Ramesh et al. [18] | 11 | Ultrasonography | No | Perforated | |
Stephenson et al. [19] | 32 | Not performed | NM | Not perforated | |
Takagi et al. [20] | 45 | Not performed | No | Not perforated | |
Zvizdic et al. [21] | 7 | Abdominal X-ray | Yes | Perforated | |
Paschos et al. [22] | 17 | Ultrasonography | No | Not perforated | |
Klis et al. [23] | 12 | Not performed | NM | Perforated | |
Moselmi et al. [24] | 13 | Abdominal X-ray | Yes | Perforated |