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For: Matsushita M, Takakuwa H, Matsubayashi Y, Nishio A, Ikehara S, Okazaki K. Appendix is a priming site in the development of ulcerative colitis. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(31): 4869-4874 [PMID: 16097061 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i31.4869]
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T. J. Gardenbroek, E. J. Eshuis, C. I. J. Ponsioen, D. T. Ubbink, G. R. A. M. D’Haens, W. A. Bemelman. The effect of appendectomy on the course of ulcerative colitis: a systematic review. Colorectal Disease 2012; 14(5) doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02600.x
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Mitsunobu Matsushita, Toshihiro Tanaka, Mika Omiya, Kazuichi Okazaki. Significant association of appendiceal neoplasms and ulcerative colitis rather than Crohnʼs disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2010; 16(5) doi: 10.1002/ibd.21095
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Alyssa Parian, Berkeley Limketkai, Joyce Koh, Steven R Brant, Alain Bitton, Judy H Cho, Richard H Duerr, Dermot P McGovern, Deborah D Proctor, Miguel D Regueiro, John D Rioux, Phil Schumm, Kent D Taylor, Mark S Silverberg, A Hillary Steinhart, Ruben Hernaez, Mark Lazarev. Appendectomy does not decrease the risk of future colectomy in UC: results from a large cohort and meta-analysis. Gut 2017; 66(8) doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311550
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The Vermiform Appendix. 2025;  doi: 10.1515/9783112219782-001
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Tjibbe J Gardenbroek, Thomas D Pinkney, Saloomeh Sahami, Dion G Morton, Christianne J Buskens, Cyriel Y Ponsioen, Pieter J Tanis, Mark Löwenberg, Gijs R van den Brink, Ivo AMJ Broeders, Paul HJM Pullens, Tom Seerden, Maarten J Boom, Rosalie C Mallant-Hent, Robert EGJM Pierik, Juda Vecht, Meindert N Sosef, Annick B van Nunen, Bart A van Wagensveld, Pieter CF Stokkers, Michael F Gerhards, Jeroen M Jansen, Yair Acherman, Annekatrien CTM Depla, Guido HH Mannaerts, Rachel West, Tariq Iqbal, Shrikanth Pathmakanthan, Rebecca Howard, Laura Magill, Baljit Singh, Ye Htun Oo, Dmitri Negpodiev, Marcel GW Dijkgraaf, Geert RAM D’Haens, Willem A Bemelman. The ACCURE-trial: the effect of appendectomy on the clinical course of ulcerative colitis, a randomised international multicenter trial (NTR2883) and the ACCURE-UK trial: a randomised external pilot trial (ISRCTN56523019). BMC Surgery 2015; 15(1) doi: 10.1186/s12893-015-0017-1
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Alexander L.A. Bloemendaal, Nicolas C. Buchs, Bruce D. George, Richard J. Guy. Intestinal stem cells and intestinal homeostasis in health and in inflammation: A review. Surgery 2016; 159(5) doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.01.014
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Hee Jin Jang, Joo Young Jang, Kyung Mo Kim. Appendiceal Orifice Inflammation in an 8-Year-Old Girl with Ulcerative Colitis Complicating Wilson's Disease. Gut and Liver 2010; 4(1) doi: 10.5009/gnl.2010.4.1.126
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Mitsunobu Matsushita, Toshihiro Tanaka, Yuri Fukui, Norimasa Fukata, Takahiro Wakamatsu, Kazuichi Okazaki. Peri-Appendiceal Red Patch and Pathogenesis of the Appendix in Ulcerative Colitis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 2011; 56(7) doi: 10.1007/s10620-011-1732-9
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Emily Walsh, Young Wha Chah, Samantha M. Chin, Paul Lochhead, Vijay Yajnik, Vera Denmark, John J. Garber, Hamed Khalili. Clinical Predictors and Natural History of Disease Extension in Patients with Ulcerative Proctitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2017; 23(11) doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000001214
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Dafan Chen, Jing Ma, Shengzheng Luo, Lungen Lu, Xinjian Wan, Qiwen Ben. Effects of Appendectomy on the Onset and Course of Ulcerative Colitis in Chinese Patients. Gastroenterology Research and Practice 2018; 2018 doi: 10.1155/2018/2927891
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Nazanin Arjomand Fard, Heather Armstrong, Troy Perry, Eytan Wine. Appendix and Ulcerative Colitis: a Key to Explaining the Pathogenesis and Directing Novel Therapies?. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2023; 29(1) doi: 10.1093/ibd/izac106
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Sang Hyoung Park, Edward V. Loftus, Suk-Kyun Yang. Appendiceal Skip Inflammation and Ulcerative Colitis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 2014; 59(9) doi: 10.1007/s10620-014-3129-z
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Chee Ho Noh, Dae Young Cheung, Tae Ho Kim, Eun Jung Jun, In Kyu Lee, Jin Il Kim, Se Hyun Cho, Soo-Heon Park, Joon Yeol Han, Jae Kwang Kim. Remission of Ulcerative Colitis after Appendectomy: A Case Report. The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2010; 56(3) doi: 10.4166/kjg.2010.56.3.201
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Kemal Beksac, Erdem Fadiloglu, Canan Unal, Ioana Cristina Rotar, Istvan Attila Lukacs, Daniel Mureşan, Mehmet Sinan Beksac. Effect of appendix removal on the obstetrical outcome of the subsequent pregnancy. A questionnaire-based preliminary investigation. Obstetrica şi Ginecologia 2020; 2(68) doi: 10.26416/OBSGIN.68.2.2020.3694
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Peng Deng, Peng Yao, Chao Pei, Xiao Li, Junchao Wu, Shu Zhang. Significance of diagnosis and prognosis for appendiceal orifice inflammation in ulcerative colitis: a real-world study. BMJ Open 2022; 12(9) doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058973
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Terry Dorcen Bolin, Shing Wong, Roger Crouch, Jeffrey Lionel Engelman, Stephen Mark Riordan. Appendicectomy as a Therapy for Ulcerative Proctitis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2009; 104(10) doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.388
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Sultan Alkadhi, Dale Kunde, Rajkumar Cheluvappa, Sarron Randall-Demllo, Rajaraman Eri. The murine appendiceal microbiome is altered in spontaneous colitis and its pathological progression. Gut Pathogens 2014; 6(1) doi: 10.1186/1757-4749-6-25
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Pierre Russo. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 2017;  doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49215-5_22
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Bruno César da Silva, Andre Castro Lyra, Raquel Rocha, Genoile Oliveira Santana. Epidemiology, demographic characteristics and prognostic predictors of ulcerative colitis. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2014; 20(28): 9458-9467 doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i28.9458
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Mitsunobu Matsushita, Yugo Ando, Mika Omiya, Kazushige Uchida, Akiyoshi Nishio, Kazuichi Okazaki. Association of “ulcerative appendicitis” and appendiceal adenocarcinoma. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2009; 15(9) doi: 10.1002/ibd.20790
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Mitsunobu Matsushita, Yugo Ando, Seiji Kawamata, Mika Omiya, Kazushige Uchida, Akiyoshi Nishio, Kazuichi Okazaki. Appendix in ulcerative colitis: significant involvement and pathogenesis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2009; 70(4) doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.02.017
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Yu Zhang, Shan Cao, Yun Liu, Ziliang Ke, Zhe Wu, Xiaohui Fang, Yang Zhang, Jingyi Chen, Congyi Yang, Yiken Lin, Ning Chen, Jun Xu, Yulan Liu. Appendiceal B lymphocytes contribute to the pathogenesis of experimental colitis through fueling colonic CD4+ T polarization. Translational Research 2025; 283 doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2025.09.001
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Carole Lunny, Jennifer A Knopp-Sihota, Shawn N Fraser. Surgery and risk for multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case–control studies. BMC Neurology 2013; 13(1) doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-41
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Mitsunobu Matsushita, Akiyoshi Nishio, Toshihito Seki, Kazuichi Okazaki. Pathogenesis and Carcinogenesis of the Appendix in Ulcerative Colitis. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2017; 112(1) doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.312
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Pál Miheller, Ferenc Nagy, Károly Palatka, István Altorjay, Gábor Horváth, Katalin Lőrinczy, László Újszászy, Zsolt Virányi, Attila Szepes, Tamás Molnár, Klaudia Farkas, Zoltán Szepes, Tibor Nyári, Tibor Wittmann, Zsolt Tulassay. Some data on inflammatory bowel diseases in Hungary: analytical data on ulcerative colistis. Orvosi Hetilap 2012; 153(18) doi: 10.1556/OH.2012.29361
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S.-W. Lai, C.-L. Lin, K.-F. Liao, S.-M. Tsai. Increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with appendectomy in Taiwan. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2014; 33(9) doi: 10.1007/s10096-014-2112-0
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Melania Scarpa, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Ilaria Patuzzi, Andromachi Kotsafti, Astghik Stepanyan, Claudia Armellin, Giovanni Tagliente, Edoardo Savarino, Fabiana Zingone, Cesare Ruffolo, Luca Saadeh, Gaya Spolverato, Imerio Angriman, Marco Scarpa. Distinct microbiota composition and dendritic cell activation in the appendix microenvironment of ulcerative colitis patients. Gut Microbes 2025; 17(1) doi: 10.1080/19490976.2025.2545416
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Bidish K Patel, Ashish R Singh, Sandyya Umamahesweran, Bhawana Ashok Badhe. Vermiform Appendix and the Potential for Missed Pathologies. Cureus 2022;  doi: 10.7759/cureus.25055
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Xiao-Chen Zhang, Hong-Chen Zhang, Jia-Qi Chen, Xiao-Feng Zhang. Appendiceal periappendicitis and ulcerative colitis: Relationship and research advances. World Chinese Journal of Digestology 2024; 32(9) doi: 10.11569/wcjd.v32.i9.660
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Koki Kawanishi, Jun Kinoshita, Hiroko Abe, Tetsuhiro Kakimoto, Yuko Yasuda, Takeshi Hara, Jun Kato. Appendectomy as a Risk Factor for Bacteremic Biliary Tract Infection Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens. BioMed Research International 2017; 2017 doi: 10.1155/2017/3276120
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William H. Ward, Krista M. Puttler, Paul A. Lucha. Clostridium difficile Colitis: Is Severity Increased with Previous Appendectomy?. The American Surgeon™ 2013; 79(8) doi: 10.1177/000313481307900801
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Dafan Chen, Jing Ma, Qiwen Ben, Lungen Lu, Xinjian Wan. Prior Appendectomy and the Onset and Course of Crohn’s Disease in Chinese Patients. Gastroenterology Research and Practice 2019; 2019 doi: 10.1155/2019/8463926
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Ernesto C. Lauritano, Maurizio Gabrielli, Emidio Scarpellini, Andrea Lupascu, Marialuisa Novi, Sandra Sottili, Giovanna Vitale, Valentina Cesario, Michele Serricchio, Giovanni Cammarota, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Antonio Gasbarrini. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Recurrence After Antibiotic Therapy. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2008; 103(8) doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02030.x
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Pierre Russo. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 2023;  doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-14744-9_22
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Anders Mark-Christensen, Eskild Bendix Kristiansen, Pär Myrelid, Søren Laurberg, Rune Erichsen. Appendectomy and Risk of Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Population-based Cohort Study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2024; 30(6) doi: 10.1093/ibd/izad141
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Eva Visser, Demy Danielsson, Lianne Heuthorst, Geert R. D'Haens, Willem A. Bemelman, Christianne J. Buskens, Aart Mookhoek. Histopathological Findings of Appendix Specimens in Quiescent Ulcerative Colitis: Correlations With Clinical Outcomes in the ACCURE Trial. United European Gastroenterology Journal 2026; 14(1) doi: 10.1002/ueg2.70177
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Mitsunobu Matsushita, Norimasa Fukata, Mika Omiya, Akiyoshi Nishio, Toshihito Seki, Kazuichi Okazaki. Pathophysiology of the Appendix in Ulcerative Colitis. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2018; 113(4) doi: 10.1038/ajg.2017.506
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Yang Yang, Xiechen Zhou, Guiyan Jia, Hui Zhao, Yan Li, Junyang Cao, Zijian Guan, Rui Zhao. Portulaca oleracea L. polysaccharide ameliorates ulcerative colitis by regulating the immune system and gut microbiota. Food Bioscience 2024; 61 doi: 10.1016/j.fbio.2024.104926
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Macarena Gompertz, Rocío Sedano. Manifestaciones clínicas y endoscópicas en enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal. Revista Médica Clínica Las Condes 2019; 30(4) doi: 10.1016/j.rmclc.2019.06.002
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I A Kooij, S Sahami, S L Meijer, C J Buskens, A A te Velde. The immunology of the vermiform appendix: a review of the literature. Clinical and Experimental Immunology 2016; 186(1) doi: 10.1111/cei.12821
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Lindsey G. Albenberg, Petar Mamula, Kurt Brown, Robert N. Baldassano, Pierre Russo. Pathology of Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 2014;  doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-54053-0_6
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Natalia Marisela Cabrera-Flores, Luis Adrian Alvarez-Lozada, Guillermo Elizondo-Riojas, Alejandro Quiroga-Garza. Complicated Ulcerative Colitis in Pregnancy Due to Treatment Nonadherence: A Case Presenting As Suspected Appendicitis. Cureus 2025;  doi: 10.7759/cureus.92477
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Pan Gong, Xujia Wu, Rengyun Xiang, Yang Yu, Xia Peng, Xuefeng Li. Cholangioscope-assisted ERAT for the diagnoses and treatment of ulcerative colitis with appendiceal orifice inflammation: a case report and a literature review. International Journal of Colorectal Disease 2025; 40(1) doi: 10.1007/s00384-025-04884-z
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Pierre Russo. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 2013;  doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5061-0_21
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Manasi Agrawal, Kristine H. Allin, Saurabh Mehandru, Jeremiah Faith, Tine Jess, Jean-Frederic Colombel. The appendix and ulcerative colitis — an unsolved connection. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2023; 20(9) doi: 10.1038/s41575-023-00774-3
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Joana Torres, Silvio Danese, Jean-Frédéric Colombel. New therapeutic avenues in ulcerative colitis: thinking out of the box. Gut 2013; 62(11) doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303959
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Kristin E. Burke, Christine Boumitri, Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan. Modifiable Environmental Factors in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Current Gastroenterology Reports 2017; 19(5) doi: 10.1007/s11894-017-0562-0
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P-L Wei, M-C Tsai, S-H Hung, H-C Lee, H-C Lin, C-Z Lee. Risk of new-onset type II diabetes after appendicectomy. British Journal of Surgery 2015; 102(10) doi: 10.1002/bjs.9875
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