An abdominal ultrasound showed an enlarged subhepatic appendix with an internal fecalith 1 cm in depth, that was partially compressible, with no obvious peri appendiceal free fluid or other pathology.

Failure of antibiotics was defined as patients having a subsequent appendicectomy, and failure in the appendicectomy group was defined as patients having a normal appendix identified on pathology. A ...

especially if an appendicolith is present at pre-interventional imaging. A meta-analysis of the major post-intervention complications of peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscesses occurring after ...

A Manitoba man is suing two health authorities and one doctor, claiming that he was refused treatment for a life-threatening condition that was mistaken for a “hangover.” ...