An appendectomy, or appendix removal, is the primary treatment for an appendix that is inflamed or has burst. An inflamed appendix can lead to life threatening complications, so an appendectomy is ...

An appendectomy is a surgical procedure to remove your appendix, the small tube connected to your large intestine in the lower right side of your belly. It’s not completely clear what role the ...

Is appendectomy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adult patients necessary or are antibiotics enough? For acute uncomplicated appendicitis, is nonoperative management with antibiotics as ...

All of them received the usual standard care. Half also had an appendectomy. A year later, the relapse rates were 36% in the appendectomy group and 56% in the usual-care group, the researchers said.

All of them received the usual standard care. Half also had an appendectomy. A year later, the relapse rates were 36% in the appendectomy group and 56% in the usual-care group, the researchers said.

Appendectomy may be a useful addition to medical therapy for preventing relapse of ulcerative colitis among patients in remission. At 1 year, 36% of patients in the appendectomy group had a ...

Appendectomy alongside standard medical therapy reduced relapse rates in patients with ulcerative colitis who were in remission compared with standard medical therapy alone, a randomized ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary ...