The appendix is an organ we tend not to think about until it acts up, causes illness and needs to be removed surgically. People who have had theirs removed generally ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...

The UK has been found to have the highest reported national rate of ‘normal appendicectomy’ in children. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Unnecessary surgery to remove a normal appendix during pregnancy increases the risk that mom-to-be will lose her baby or that she will deliver early, research indicates.

Appendicitis, or inflammation of your appendix, is one of the most common conditions of the abdomen that requires emergency surgery, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Your appendix doesn’t play a ...