The routine use of diagnostic laparoscopy for young women who present with right iliac fossa pain reduces the rate of negative appendectomy, according to a new study. However, the implementation of ...

Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix and their fetuses had significantly better outcomes than those whose condition was managed without an operation ...

WEBVTT BECOMES BLOCKED, OFTEN BY STOOL, A FOREIGN BODY, OR CANCER. IT CAN HAVE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS IF LEFT UNTREATED. IN TONIGHT WOMAN’S DOCTOR 11-NEWS REPORTER MEGAN PRINGLE TELLS US WHY IT’S MORE ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minimally invasive surgery for a burst appendix appears to be more successful and less costly in the long run than the traditional operation, a new study hints. Using the ...

Acute appendicitis remains one of the most common non-obstetric emergencies encountered during pregnancy. Its diagnosis is complicated by anatomical shifts and physiologic alterations that may obscure ...