Reasonable diagnosis of gastroenteritis was made but girl was later admitted to CUH and subsequently underwent surgery for a ...

The High Court has dismissed a woman’s claim of negligence against a GP for allegedly failing to identify acute appendicitis which she claimed caused a three-day delay in diagnosis, resulting in a ...

The court heard the child was brought to the SouthDoc clinic in circumstances where she had been feeling unwell since the previous day ...

Aboard a U.S. submarine in enemy waters of the Pacific, Seaman Dean Rector was down with acute appendicitis. The nearest naval surgeon was thousands of miles away. Pharmacist’s Mate Wheller Lipes ...

The Appendix Carry draw gets the non-firing hand in a natural position for the draw. There are several options: Hook the material from the beltline and rip, grab a handful of clothing and rip up, or a ...

If you’ve ever been told that swallowing a fruit seed could land you in the hospital with appendicitis, you’re not alone. This myth has been circulating for generations. But is there any truth to it?

More than half of people who receive antibiotics to treat appendicitis do not see their disease come back 10 years after the initial illness, a new study shows. The data come from one of the first ...

Surgery is a procedure in which incision and physical manipulation are used to treat a patient with an injury or a disease. The patient's tissues are cut during this technique to permit the ...