For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, ...

Physicians at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore have completed the first purely endoscopic appendectomy in the nation, the hospital said May 16. Sergey Kantsevoy, MD, director of Mercy’s Center for ...

It's "no longer about a right vs wrong management pathway," expert says ...

A new study suggests that surgery for appendicitis that uses a pinhole incision through the navel may be a feasible alternative to traditional appendectomies. Published early online in the British ...

Stump appendicitis is a rare complication that occurs when the residual appendix becomes inflamed after an appendectomy. It is estimated to occur in between 0.002% and 0.15% of cases, although it may ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...

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Joe Burrow's left knee has been a point of concern after the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback tore his anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in 2020. But now, a new culprit is afflicting the ...

You can exercise as usual after having appendicitis, but you may need to wait up to 2 weeks after an appendectomy. An appendectomy is a surgery that doctors use to remove your appendix when you have ...