Whether you find driving over speed bumps painful could help doctors work out whether you are suffering from acute appendicitis. While the link between speed bump pain and appendicitis was already ...

The study covered in this summary was published on ssrn.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Past reports associating appendicitis with colon cancer have mostly been based on ...

First internationally validated risk classification system for pediatric appendicitis could transform care for children ...

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Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis, according to a new study. The findings could pave the way for new diagnostic tools in the future. Children with ...

Uncomplicated acute appendicitis in children may be managed successfully using nonsurgical techniques, according to a study published online April 12 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ...

Although the incidence of appendicitis in the United States has been in decline for many years, the condition still affects approximately seven percent of Americans annually. Although the incidence of ...