Appendicitis
Will You Choose Antibiotics for Appendicitis?
For hundreds of years, the only treatment for uncomplicated, acute appendicitis was emergency abdominal surgery. For the last four decades, laparoscopic surgery has been the treatment of choice. It le…
Show 1179: What Should You Do About Digestive Di…
Have you ever had horrible heartburn or a really bad bellyache? Most of us have experienced digestive distress at one time or another. When do you need to seek medical attention for your problem? What…
Will Antibiotics Replace Surgery for Appendiciti…
Do you always need to have surgery for appendicitis? For more than a century, the standard treatment for appendicitis has been surgery to remove the organ. This was usually treated as an emergency bec…
Does Appendicitis Always Require Surgery?
A new study suggests that appendicitis doesn't always need to be treated with surgery. This is a radical idea, given that most physicians and patients believe that acute appendicitis requires emergenc…
Is Appendicitis Caused by Infection?
Appendicitis remains a mystery despite the fact that it accounts for more than 300,000 operations every year. A new analysis in the Archives of Surgery suggests that this common condition may be preci…