Appendectomies are not benign. They can compromise a healthy gut and raise the risk of psychiatric disorders. Fortunately, there are alternatives.

For example, it is possible that beneficial bacteria present in the appendix may decrease the risk of infections causing fatal diarrheal diseases, particularly in young children. Acute appendicitis is ...

Current research has not found an association between rheumatoid arthritis and appendicitis, but some studies found a link between other autoimmune diseases and appendicitis.

Some ultrasonographers are capable of demonstrating abnormal appendix filled with purulent material. Ureteric stones could also present like acute appendicitis and it is advisable to look into the ...

Methods: This was a retrospective study. Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis from January 1998 to December 2003 at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital were surveyed. Patients found to have ...

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 outcome ...

More information: Shawn D St Peter et al, Appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children: an open-label, international, multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority ...

The incidence of appendicitis in pregnancy varies. Appendicitis rates have been quoted from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 300 with an average rate of 1 in 550 pregnancies. [5,6,7,8,9] Mourad et al.

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