Appendicitis is inflammation of the vermiform appendix (or just the appendix, for short), a little structure within the lower gastrointestinal tract. In appendicitis, the appendix swells, causing a ...

For children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy appears to reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events as compared to another common option, the interval ...

Appendicitis progresses through four stages: simple (inflammation without complications), suppurative (inflammation with pus and ulcers), gangrenous (tissue death), and perforated (ruptured appendix).

Background: Children with perforated appendicitis often have a prolonged hospital course complicated by surgical site or intra-abdominal infections. Treatment with multiple intravenous (IV) ...

Patients presenting with non-specific abdominal pain concerning for acute appendicitis are common in Emergency Departments. It has traditionally been taught that, untreated, appendicitis will progress ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preoperative antibiotic treatment did not reduce the risk for appendix perforation in patients with ...

"Everyone at the hospital, thank you so much for everything that you did in taking care of me," the actor said Cassidy Sparrow/Getty Brian Austin Green had to get emergency surgery last week after ...

Brian Austin Green is on the mend after a health scare. The 90210 actor, 51, revealed that he underwent emergency surgery for a perforated appendix last week, recounting the ordeal in a video shared ...