NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minimally invasive surgery for a burst appendix appears to be more successful and less costly in the long run than the traditional operation, a new study hints. Using the ...

After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not needed an appendectomy.

A prisoner with a burst appendix was told it was a stomach bug, and waited six days to be admitted to hospital for surgery.

Open Justice reports a week later she had emergency surgery to remove the appendix and a section of intestine, because of infection. The Department of Corrections accepts the care was not up to ...

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