From 2004 to 2017, there was an increase in cancer of the appendix in acute appendicitis patients, especially among patients younger than 50 years old. Given the emerging practice toward managing ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The most common emergency surgical procedure in the U.S. is an appendectomy - removal of the appendix. But now there's mounting evidence that some patients can avoid or delay ...

A majority of patients would choose surgical treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis, rather than treatment with only antibiotics, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery. For the study, ...

One common surgery many individuals need to get at some point in their lives is an appendectomy. This is a surgical procedure to remove the appendix, which is a small pouch-like organ on the right ...

Patients who underwent HSCT from 2006 to 2016 in the Hematological Department of Nanfang Hospital at Southern Medical University were reviewed. The inclusion criteria are as follows: (1) upon ...

Patients who undergo a laparoscopic appendectomy can go home the same day of an operation with similar complications to spending a night in the hospital CHICAGO (November 15, 2016): Patients with ...

Isa Briones plays a doctor on The Pitt — but she got a patient's perspective while filming season 2.

Doctors are more likely to miss appendicitis in patients who are Black, research shows. This phenomenon, first described in children, occurs in adults as well, according to a study published last ...

Oct. 5 (UPI) --Antibiotics and surgery are both good options for treating appendicitis, according to a study published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine that found 7 in 10 patients treated ...

I worked the night shift at a teaching hospital in the Midwest. My most memorable patient was young man, who in his early adulthood was admitted to the hospital for an appendectomy. The preoperation ...

When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen’s abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she’d be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the option of ...