Antibiotic therapy is a safe first-line option for patients with acute appendicitis and a valid alternative to surgery, Hansson and colleagues report. In some studies, appendicectomy is associated ...

It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...

Another is "acute," involving symptoms that suddenly ... patients are described as having "simple appendicitis," which ...

After more than a century of slicing tiny, inflamed organs from people's guts, doctors have found that surgery may not be ...