Antibiotic treatment while awaiting appendectomy does not lower risk for appendiceal perforation in patients with uncomplicated ...

Machine learning enabled researchers to identify a genetic biomarker for predicting perforated appendicitis in children ...

Appendicitis progresses through four stages: simple (inflammation without complications), suppurative (inflammation with pus and ...

Background: Children with perforated appendicitis often have a prolonged hospital course complicated by surgical site or intra ...

The method of stump closure is controversial in complicated patients, especially with appendix base necrosis or perforation.

Appendicitis can feel very similar to gas. However, unlike gas, appendicitis pain occurs specifically to the lower right of the ...

I often experience pain in my lower-right side of my abdomen, and I suspect it is appendicitis. I plan to visit my ...