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 ...

For decades, surgical appendectomy has been the standard treatment for acute appendicitis. But nonoperative management with antibiotics is an option for some patients. For acute, uncomplicated ...

A member of the South Korean boy band BTS has undergone surgery for acute appendicitis. The singer and dancer Jimin also tested positive for COVID, his management agency revealed on Monday in a post ...

In the antibiotics group, 40% had surgery to remove their appendix by 1 year, which rose to 46% by year 2, reported David Flum, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues.

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The findings, published in BJS Open by M. A. Zarog from the Department of Surgery and colleagues, suggest that circulating fibrocyte percentage (CFP) could help improve diagnostic accuracy in a ...

A new study has found that surgery, rather than antibiotics-only, should remain as the mainstay of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis. An RCSI study conducted in Beaumont Hospital in ...

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is expected to have surgery Wednesday for acute appendicitis. The team confirmed that McCarthy felt abdominal pain Wednesday morning "that warranted further ...

Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix had lower risk of infectious complications compared with those whose complicated appendicitis was managed ...

An RCSI study conducted in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has found that surgery, rather than antibiotics-only, should remain as the mainstay of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis. Published ...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About twice as many U.S. adults with appendicitis are being treated without an operation compared with 20 years ago, and nonoperative management of ...