An 11-year-old girl died after four doctors failed to spot her appendicitis, an inquest has ruled.Lacey Brookman, a Year 6 ...

A SCHOOLGIRL, 11, died after four doctors “missed her appendicitis”, an inquest has heard. Lacey Brookman’s appendix is ...

In two dramatic rescues on two sides of the Pacific Ocean the US Coast Guard on Tuesday pulled patients from a cruise ship ...

A nineteen-year-old patient who claims physicians mishandled her treatment for appendicitis can’t pursue her lawsuit without divulging her medical records in open court, the Massachusetts Appeals ...

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...

Nonoperative management of uncomplicated appendicitis in children is feasible and well tolerated, with a small proportion of patients experiencing recurrent symptoms that require appendectomy ...

USA: A recent study using data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric (NSQIP-P) database has ...

Findings from a new study indicate that appendicitis, but not appendectomy per se, is responsible for the reduced incidence of ulcerative colitis commonly associated with this surgical procedure ...

The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing woman from a cruise ship 70 miles offshore Oʻahu Tuesday.

EUGENE — Terrance Ferguson woke up with abdominal pain on Oct. 15. By that afternoon the Oregon tight end found out he had ...

After the war, Silberman resumed his studies and graduated from medical school at 26. Silberman was able to finish his ...