A 60-year-old female underwent an appendectomy for acute appendicitis with perforation. It appeared to be a straightforward case. There was not much contamination and it was localized. The pathology ...

Laparotomy is the medical term for a type of open surgery of the abdomen. It allows surgeons to view the abdominal organs to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions. Here, we look at the types and ...

Appendectomy by laparoscopic surgery is considered to be advantageous compared with appendectomy by open surgery; however, higher rates of intra-abdominal abscesses have been associated with ...

Appendectomies were performed for suspected appendicitis in 394 patients in 1995 and 372 patients in 1998. The age, gender, and the final diagnostic characteristics of the two populations were similar ...

Perforated necrotizing enterocolitis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature infants, and the optimal treatment is uncertain. We designed this multicenter randomized trial to compare ...

Appendectomy may be a useful addition to medical therapy for preventing relapse of ulcerative colitis among patients in remission. At 1 year, 36% of patients in the appendectomy group had a relapse ...