Amyand’s Hernia, State of the Art and New Points of View

Table 1

AH series in the literature and their features.

Author	Year	Number of cases	Appendix feature	Preoperative diagnosis
Amyand [1]	1736	1	Grade C	No
Goodwin and Ghilchik [5]	1998	1	Grade B	No
Fernando and Leelaratna [6]	2002	1	Grade B	No
Breitenstein et al. [7]	2005	1	Grade B	No
Maizlin et al. [8]	2007	3	Grades A, B, C	No
Cunha et al. [9]	2009	1	Grade A	No
Yang et al. [10]	2009	4	Grade A	No
Coulier et al. [11]	2010	1	Grade B	Yes (CT)
Mai [12]	2011	1	Grade C	No
Junaid and Fawad [13]	2012	1	Grade A	No
Lombardo and Pavone [14]	2013	1	Grade A	No
Dong et al. [15]	2014	1	Grade B	Yes (CT)
Ceulemans et al. [16]	2014	1	Grade B	Yes (CT)

Ceulemans classification of the appendix within the hernia sac.