ACUTE appendicitis in children displays certain features in its pathology, clinical course, diagnosis and treatment, which vary considerably from those of the disease in adults. The development of ...

Moreover, a perforated appendix is less likely to be contained by omentum and more likely to result in generalized peritonitis. Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen in pregnant ...

Q-Can an older person get appendicitis? Is it dangerous? A-Although acute appendicitis is primarily a disease of the young, it is not unusual in older people. The danger lies in delaying treatment (by ...

The appendix is a vestigial organ left behind by human evolution. While the appendix has no specific function in the human digestive system, it is situated along the bottom right side of the large ...

A new study in The Lancet led by Dr. Corinne Vons of the Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris and Université Paris XI finds that assessing the need for surgery in appendicitis patients using ...