Third of women who enter theatre end up having normal appendix removed, study finds Thousands of people in the UK, particularly young women, are having their appendices removed unnecessarily because ...

In an attempt to limit radiation exposure from CT in the evaluation of abdominal pain, many centers have adopted an "ultrasound first, followed by CT if needed" approach. CT is typically used when the ...

A new study published in the journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health reports that suspected appendicitis in children is not only among the most common pediatric conditions but often wrongly ...

APPENDICITIS is notoriously difficult to diagnose - particularly if a patient is unable to see a doctor face-to-face - which may help explain why surgery to remove the appendix is the most common ...

For a first-year surgical resident, the appendix (specifically, it’s removal) represents a prized surgical operation. For trained surgeons, the appendectomy is usually an urgent affair that requires ...

For more than a century, the human appendix has been written off as a biological relic, a shrunken leftover from plant-eating ...