Appendectomies are not benign. They can compromise a healthy gut and raise the risk of psychiatric disorders. Fortunately, ...
Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized ...
This was a serendipitous discovery; the scientists were originally looking at adhesive bowel obstruction after appendectomy. The researchers report, “It was when conducting another study that we ...
Appendectomy is associated with a reduced risk of developing ulcerative colitis; however, whether this reduction in risk is a consequence of the appendectomy or secondary to an alternative cause ...
LA has become the approach of choice by many surgeons in the treatment of both simple and complicated cases of acute appendicitis. The rate of LA between 1998 and 2008 increased from 20.6% to 70.8 ...