{"id":528,"date":"2023-05-05T07:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/?p=528"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:35:43","slug":"4-what-happens-to-the-appendix-once-it-has-been-obstructed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/?p=528","title":{"rendered":"4. What happens to the appendix once it has been obstructed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.synthesys.io\/js\/synthesys_widget.js?v=3.6\"><\/script>\n<script>\n    var sysWidget = new SysWidget({ token: \"e92af08f-269a-4694-8570-66fc96f1b888\" }); \n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Correct answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The obstructed appendix acts as a closed loop; bacteria proliferate in the lumen and invade the appendix wall, which is damaged by pressure necrosis. The vascular supply to the appendix is made up of end-arteries, which are branches of the appendicular branch of the ileocolic artery. Once these are thrombosed, gangrene is inevitable and is followed by perforation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correct answer: The obstructed appendix acts as a closed loop; bacteria proliferate in the lumen and invade the appendix wall, which is damaged by pressure necrosis. The vascular supply to the appendix is made up of end-arteries, which are branches&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":529,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}