Breaking new ground in what many surgeons consider the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery, surgeons have successfully performed an appendectomy with no abdominal incision. The appendix was ...

On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country's first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. They made one small ...

A sore throat is not exactly the most obvious side effect of having your appendix out but for Jeff Scholtz it was proof he had secured his place in medical history. Mr Scholtz is one of the first ...

Breaking new ground in what many surgeons consider the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery, Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital surgeon Kurt Roberts, M.D., successfully ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Monday, Aug. 25, 2008 | Jeff Scholz, a 42-year-old former Marine, became the first patient in ...

Open wide — your appendix is about to be removed through your mouth. It sounds unbelievable, but it’s just one of the ways doctors are using our natural orifices to avoid skin incisions and scarring ...

In your lower abdomen, you have a small, finger-shaped pouch – your appendix. It doesn’t do much – in fact, doctors aren’t sure exactly what it does – and for the most part, you will never realize ...