Recent studies reveal that the human appendix plays roles in gut microbiota restoration and immunity, contrary to its ...

Viet Duc University Hospital in Hanoi reported on Wednesday that its doctors successfully treated a patient with a perforated ...

A 24-year-old South Korean first officer suffering from acute appendicitis aboard a passing cargo ship was swiftly rescued by ...

Familial Mediterranean fever can have nonspecific manifestations that mimic many common acquired disorders such as infections, acute appendicitis ... with arthritis and peritonitis symptoms ...

It turns out that I had peritonitis. I had a ruptured appendix.” Hockett says the doctors didn’t give his parents much hope for his recovery, but the doctors wanted to treat Hockett with an antibiotic ...

Excluded studies with justifications are available in online supplemental appendix 2. To assess the included studies ... 27 The result for this outcome was inconclusive, as Cao et al found more ...

Patients with FMF are as susceptible to appendicitis as anyone else ... In pregnant women, an acute FMF attack with peritonitis may lead to premature contractions and early delivery or abortion. In a ...

It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...

Background and Aim: Obstruction of the lumen of the appendix is the major cause of appendicitis. Tumors could obstruct this lumen and cause appendicitis in the elderly. The association between ...

bDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Unit of Post-COVID Huddinge, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden cDepartment of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ...