Will natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery become the standard method for the surgical management of appendicitis? Does it offer any marked improvement over classical open appendectomy or ...

Vincenzo Minutolo; Alessio Licciardello; Biagio Di Stefano; Manuel Arena; Goffredo Arena; Vincenzo Antonacci ...

One common surgery many individuals need to get at some point in their lives is an appendectomy. This is a surgical procedure to remove the appendix, which is a small pouch-like organ on the right ...

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 ...