Appendectomy may lead to harmful changes in the gut microbiome that contribute to colorectal cancer (CRC), a new report from China suggests. In one part of a three-part analysis, researchers observed ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao shares appendix surgery update 12mm appendix out via 105mm catheter Read ahead to know more about her ...

Appendicitis. Illustration of a human appendix, showing it red and inflamed in appendicitis. The appendix is a narrow finger-shaped tube that branches off the first part of the large intestine (caecum ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner remains hospitalized at the Otamendi Sanatorium in Buenos Aires ...

How much could hospitals charge in the event of a medical emergency? According to one angry Reddit user, his bill for treating appendicitis and the resulting appendectomy procedure was $55,000. Twenty ...

Musician Reid Perry from the Grammy-award winning country group The Band Perry has had an emergency appendectomy Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She ...

Norah O’Donnell, CBS This Morning co-anchor, had an emergency appendectomy while on vacation for spring break. O’Donnell was able to undergo a successful surgery before her appendix ruptured and is ...