Every year about 80,000 children in the US undergo appendectomies making it the most common surgical procedure among kids. A new study by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis ...
An appendectomy, or appendix removal, is the primary treatment for an appendix that is inflamed or has burst. An inflamed appendix can lead to life threatening complications, so an appendectomy is ...
Obese patients who need to have their appendixes removed fare better after a minimally invasive surgical procedure rather than an open operation, a new study finds. While the traditional open ...