The clinic complication that caused the dancer’s condition is an acute case of appendicitis. The main reason for the development of acute appendicitis is a blockage of the passage of the contents from the lumen of the appendix. This may be due to food masses, fecal stones, helminthic invasion, hypertrophy of lymphoid tissue, or neoplasms. In the dancer’s case, the blockage could be due to increased pressure on the abdominal muscles and compression of intestines. The main sign of acute appendicitis was the unbearable pain in the right lower abdominal iliac region, which appeared suddenly during dancer’s performance and only increased over time (Krzyzak and Mulrooney, 2020). Moreover, the doctors stated that he was in danger of dying from peritonitis which is a major complication of acute appendicitis. Finally, it is stated that, after his recovery, the dancer never encountered this condition again, which is due to the fact that his appendix was surgically removed. Appendectomy is the type of surgery that the dancer should have received, as it is a golden standard in treating appendicitis (Stöß et al., 2021). To perform the operation, the surgeon has to know inner structures of the abdomen, including the position of the appendix, the dome of the caecum, and the mesentery. The dancer should not be allowed to participate in the performance, as it requires constant training, and he needs at least 3 weeks of rest before he can return to dancing.
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Krzyzak, M., & Mulrooney, S. (2020). Acute appendicitis review: Background, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Cureus.
Stöß, C., Nitsche, U., Neumann, P.-A., Kehl, V., Wilhelm, D., Busse, R., Friess, H., & Nimptsch, U. (2021). Acute appendicitis: Trends in surgical treatment. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.