Acute appendicitis is one of the most common reasons for acute abdominal surgery in children 1,2. There is a 7–9% lifetime risk of developing appendicitis 3,4. Recently, the early and accurate ...

Contributed to the Thirteenth Series of Medical and Surgical Reports of the Boston City Hospital for 1902.

For a first-year surgical resident, the appendix (specifically, it’s removal) represents a prized surgical operation. For trained surgeons, the appendectomy is usually an urgent affair that requires ...

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