A tiny organ plays a larger role in maintaining health than previously thought. The appendix is often dismissed as an unnecessary organ. But Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers found it plays a ...

In patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, initial antibiotic treatment yielded a true recurrence rate of nearly 38% over 10 years. More than half of the patients treated with antibiotics avoided ...

One common surgery many individuals need to get at some point in their lives is an appendectomy. This is a surgical procedure to remove the appendix, which is a small pouch-like organ on the right ...

Ten-year follow-up results showed that 37.8% of patients who received antibiotics versus appendectomy had a true recurrence of appendicitis. Overall, cumulative complication rates at 10 years were ...