54) Following an uneventful appendectomy for acute appendiciti | Surgery videos & books
54) Following an uneventful appendectomy for acute appendicitis, the pathology report reveals the presence of a 1 cm carcinoid at the tip of the appendix. The patient has been otherwise asymptomatic. What is the most appropriate intervention?
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(A) formal right hemicolectomy
23%
(B) partial cecectomy—excision of the base of the cecum at the appendectomy site
56%
(C) no further operative intervention required
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(D) total abdominal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis
