Author And Year

Age

Sex

Clinical Presentatio

Intraoperative Findings

Procedure

Outcome

Mandal et al (2025) [1]

64

male

Abdominal pain, vomiting, inability to pass stool and flatus.

Appendix mucocele knotting causing cecal and ileal gangrene

Limited right hemicolectomy and double-barrel stoma.

Uneventful postoperative recover

Abule T,Chebo T,Billoro BB, (2022) [2]

30

Female

Colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation

Appendico-ileal knot causing small bowel obstruction (SBO).

Untwisting of the knot, appendectomy

Uneventful recovery, discharged on day 4.

Idowu NA et al. (2024) [3]

72

Male

Colicky abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, and fever over 4 days.

Appendico-ileal knotting with gangrenous appendix and terminal ileum.

Limited right hemicolectomy and ileo-colonic anastomosis.

Discharged on postoperative day 10.

Kifle T et al (2018) [4]

46

female

Acute abdomen with severe pain, bilious vomiting, and constipation for 7 days.

Confirmed appendiceal knotting with apperndicular mucocele causing SBO.

Laparotomy with untwisting of the knot, followed by appendectomy.

Recovered well.and discharged on the 5^th post op date

Kabuye U et al. (2024) [5]

28

female

Abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation. Initial diagnosis was SBO from an intestinal band.

Appendix entangled around the terminal ileum, causing a closed-loop obstruction. The appendix was gangrenous, but the ileum was viable.

Retrograde appendectomy after releasing the knot.

Uneventful recovery, discharged on day 4.

Zewdu D et al. (2022)[6]

34

male

SBO symptoms

Ileoappendicular knotting

Appendectomy,with resection of gangrenous bowel

Full recovery, though experienced post-op diarrhea.

Kassahun B et al. (2025)[7]

28

male

Progressive lower abdominal pain, nausea, anorexia, and bilious vomiting for 2 days.

Gangrenous 20 cm appendix tightly encircling 1 m of gangrenous distal ileum.

Untwisting of the knot, appendectomy, resection of the gangrenous ileum, and end-to-side ileo-transverse anastomosis.

Uneventful recovery, discharged on postoperative day 6.

Klein et al. (2024)[8]

80

Female

Small bowel obstruction sign and symptom of 1 day duration

Appendicular knot of healthy appendex,obstructing the small bowel as closed loop obstruction

appendectomy

Discharged well

Alemu et al. (2023)[9]

50

Female

Abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distension.

Appendicoileal knotting with gangrenous ileum and appendix mucocele

Bowel and appendix resection with ileotransverse anastomosis

Discharged on the 7^th post-operative date

Lin, Tso-Lin et al. (2017)[10]

4

male

Vomiting,abdominal pain

Inflamed appendex causing appendiculoileal band knot

appendectomy

Discharged uneventfully

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