Laparoscopic appendectomy was associated with a significantly lower risk of surgical site infections, showing an approximate ...

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

Laparoscopic appendectomy is a safe and feasible technique accepted by many surgeons as the gold standard approach for the treatment of acute appendicitis in children. Traditionally laparoscopic ...

Studies in pediatric patients suggest that acute appendicitis can be managed electively following antibiotic therapy, which challenges the time-honored practice of prompt appendectomy. To determine ...

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Appendectomy may be a useful addition to medical therapy for preventing relapse of ulcerative colitis among patients in remission. At 1 year, 36% of patients in the appendectomy group had a relapse ...

February 22, 2011 — For children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy appears to reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events vs another common option, the ...

Appendicitis. Illustration of a human appendix, showing it red and inflamed in appendicitis. The appendix is a narrow finger-shaped tube that branches off the first part of the large intestine (caecum ...

When Augie Hong awoke with severe abdominal pain nearly two years ago, he went to the hospital emergency room closest to his home in San Francisco. The diagnosis was acute appendicitis, and doctors ...