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 ...

But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...

With nowhere else to go for medical treatment in The Pas, Flett says he took an 11-hour bus trip from the northern Manitoba town to Winnipeg, where his appendix burst as he waited for a hospital ...

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The incidence of appendicitis in pregnancy varies ... Obtain surgical consultation during pregnancy. Ultrasound is still used as the primary diagnostic test or the diagnosis is made based on ...

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Faye, who had eight organs removed during “the mother of all surgeries”, began to organize her own funeral two years ago after doctors found a tumour in her appendix. However, Faye is now ...