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 ...

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

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 ...

Most patients or parents of children with acute uncomplicated appendicitis would choose surgery over antibiotic therapy as their preferred treatment, but “a meaningful number” would choose antibiotics ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Appendectomy is still the first-line treatment for most patients with acute appendicitis, but treatment with up-front antibiotics rather than having patients proceed to laparoscopic surgery can be ...