Appendicitis afflicts roughly one in 10 people during their lifetime and accounts for more emergency abdominal surgeries than any other ailment. Yet, as emergency room doctors know too well, ...

Good news for doctors looking to cut appendectomies out of their schedules. A new study — conducted by Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute and published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery — found ...

In the antibiotics group, 40% had surgery to remove their appendix by 1 year, which rose to 46% by year 2, reported David Flum, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues.

I have been in severe abdominal pain for about the last 30+ hours. I am not constipated, nor is it time for menstrual cramps. It started in my lower abdomen, and now it's everywhere from my pelvic ...

Since 1889, appendectomy — the surgical removal of the appendix — has been the go-to treatment for acute appendicitis. But a new study finds that going under the knife may not be necessary. For ...