gangrenous acute appendicitis, perforation or phlegmon, and periappendicular abscess, respectively. Overall, the risk of advanced pathology increased as the total interval between onset of ...
The actor Adan Canto’s death from appendiceal cancer—or cancer of the appendix—came as a shock to his fans. Canto, who died on Jan. 8 at age 42, had kept his diagnosis and treatment private ...
Background Laparoscopic appendectomy is not yet unanimously considered the "gold standard" in the treatment of acute appendicitis because of its higher operative time, intra-abdominal abscess risk ...
In our study we compared the outcomes between laparoscopic and open appendectomy for treatment of acute appendicitis performed ... with a rate of intra-abdominal abscess similar to open appendectomy.