Meet the editor

Dr. Angelo Guttadauro is a researcher at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, and first-level manager at the U.O.C. of General Surgery, Zucchi Clinical Institute, Monza. He is the founder and head of the "Hernia Center" of Monza-Brianza. He has participated in research projects of the Ministry of University and Scientific and technological research. In 2015, Dr. Guttadauro obtained an international patent for a prosthesis for

inguinal hernioplasty and standardized a new surgical technique for the application of the prosthesis. In 2017, he won the Innovation Grant award from the University of Milano-Bicocca. He is the author of ninety scientific publications, books, and abstracts in national and international journals and book chapters. He has presented his works in around 250 national and international congresses worldwide.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

about Acute Appendicitis *by Angelo Guttadauro*

Management of Appendicitis

*and Jorge Escorcia Dominguez*

*and Theodoros Tablaridis*

Mimickers of Acute Appendicitis

*by Vishal P. Bhabhor*

*by Rossi Adu-Gyamfi*

*by Esam Amer*

**Preface XI**

**Foreword XIII**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Acute Appendicitis: Doubts, Problems and Certainties **7**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 25**

**Chapter 4 35**

**Chapter 5 55**

**Chapter 6 65**

Introductory Chapter: Doubts, Problems, and Certainties

Faecoliths in Appendicitis: Does It Influence the Course and Treatment of the Disease in the Acute Setting?

Appendicitis in Children: Fundamentals and Particularities

Complicated Appendicitis: A Surgical Controversy Concerning Risk Factors, Diagnostic Algorithm and Therapeutic Management

*by Alin Villalobos Castillejos, Carlos Baeza Herrera, Miguel Alejandro Sánchez Durán, Jhonatan Mata Aranda, Miguel Ángel Minero Hibert, Ricardo Cortés García* 

*by Athanasios Mekakas, Eleni-Aikaterini Nagorni* 
