The minimally invasive device developer Lumendi reported that its system was used to perform its first fully incisionless appendectomy—with the patient being able to return to work the next morning. A ...

Laparoscopic appendectomy was associated with a significantly lower risk of surgical site infections, showing an approximate 60% reduction compared with open appendectomy. Patients treated with the ...

Hackensack Meridian Children's Health pediatric general surgeon Margaret M. McGuire, M.D, FACS,FAAP., was the first surgeon at K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical ...

Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have ...

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black children are more likely than their white peers to experience complications following appendectomy and ...

Appendectomy may lead to harmful changes in the gut microbiome that contribute to colorectal cancer (CRC), a new report from China suggests. In one part of a three-part analysis, researchers observed ...