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

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 ...

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 ...

Individuals with a prior appendectomy do not have an increased risk for Clostridioides difficile infection. Patients who have had an appendectomy do not have an increased risk for a severe ...

London: (To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) Patients with the chronic inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis might reduce their risk of a relapse by having ...

Individuals with a prior appendectomy do not have an increased risk for Clostridioides difficile infection. Patients who have had an appendectomy do not have an increased risk for a severe ...

Background Laparoscopic appendectomy is not yet unanimously considered the "gold standard" in the treatment of acute appendicitis because of its higher operative time, intra-abdominal abscess risk, ...

Many studies mention that among children up to the age of 5, “acute appendicitis“ is in 50% of cases only diagnosed after perforation (2). This is where the study by Rolle et al. comes in and looks at ...

Anatomic and Diagnostic Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. We report a very rare case of ...