Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them usually have appendicitis, and timely detection is essential. To do so, ...

Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them ...

Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them usually have appendicitis, and timely detection is essential.

People can experience pain under the ribs in the upper left abdomen for many reasons. Some possible causes include gastrointestinal issues and injuries to organs within the area. The rib cage ...

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.

In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, non-perforated appendicitis in children with antibiotics instead of surgery.

A failure was also counted in either treatment group if any other subsequent appendicitis-related procedure requiring general anaesthesia was needed. Finally, the non-inferiority statistics were ...

Imaging exams such as ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging are crucial ... Unusual complications such as spontaneous abdominal hemorrhage, especially retroperitoneal ...