In the antibiotics groups, the percentage of patients who underwent subsequent appendectomy was 40% (95% confidence interval [CI], 36 to 44) at 1 year and 46% (95% CI, 42 to 49) at 2 years (Figure 1); ...

Appendectomy may be a useful addition to medical therapy for preventing relapse of ulcerative colitis among patients in remission. At 1 year, 36% of patients in the appendectomy group had a relapse ...

Appendectomy may lead to harmful changes in the gut microbiome that contribute to colorectal cancer (CRC), a new report from China suggests. In one part of a three-part analysis, researchers observed ...

We conducted a pragmatic, nonblinded, noninferiority, randomized trial comparing antibiotic therapy (10-day course) with appendectomy in patients with appendicitis at 25 U.S. centers. The primary ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...

A new analysis of data from a major US trial comparing antibiotics to surgery for appendicitis yielded more information that can help patients weigh options for treatment. But the surprise was the ...

Antibiotic treatment may be a feasible alternative to surgery for uncomplicated acute appendicitis, according to findings from a 5-year observational follow-up study that compared appendectomy with ...

Appendicitis. Illustration of a human appendix, showing it red and inflamed in appendicitis. The appendix is a narrow finger-shaped tube that branches off the first part of the large intestine (caecum ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About one-third of children treated with antibiotics for appendicitis experienced treatment failure. Children in ...

Cancer research is more than just the study of diagnostics and novel therapies. Researchers also investigate the causes of cancer, be they small or, in this case, vestigial. The appendix has long been ...