Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have designed process that uses ultrasound to modify the behavior of cancer-fighting T cells by increasing their cell permeability. They targeted freshly isolated ...
It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...
Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...
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.
1Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. *Corresponding Author: John Paul Shen, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The ...
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.” ...
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 ...
A meta-analysis of the major post-intervention complications of peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscesses occurring after appendicectomy or antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis ...