In order to determine the frequency of small bowel obstruction after appendectomy, the authors assembled a cohort of 2332 Canadian patients who had the procedure between 1999 and 2002. The overall ...

When doctors and patients consider the appendix, it's often with urgency. In cases of appendicitis, the clock could be ticking down to a life-threatening burst. Thus, despite recent research ...

SEATTLE, WA, US, November 3, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Suit filed: UW surgeons couldn’t locate appendix and removed bowel instead. On November 2, 2023, George and ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The FDA designated the recall of certain Medtronic Bravo esophageal pH monitoring capsules as class I, the most serious type.

Appendicitis is a potentially serious condition that occurs when the appendix becomes inflamed and infected. While the small organ tucked in the lower right abdomen often goes unnoticed, problems can ...