Over the past year, U.S. doctors have made strides in the use of a technique called “natural orifice” surgery, an approach they hope will do away with the scarring, pain and the long recoveries ...
When the patient came in, she was having repeated bouts of lower abdominal pain. The doctor suspected appendicitis and scheduled surgery. But instead of spending five days in the hospital and three to ...
Hackensack Meridian Children's Health pediatric general surgeon Margaret M. McGuire, M.D, FACS,FAAP., was the first surgeon at K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical ...
July 25, 2008 — Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) allows for appendectomy through the mouth as well as for other procedures through natural orifices without making abdominal ...
We performed a retrospective review of all patients who underwent appendectomy at the Division of General Surgery of Civil Hospital of Ragusa, Italy, between May 2008 and May 2012. The study was ...
A 35-year-old man presents to hospital. He has no notable history of illness -- 3 months previously, he had acute appendicitis, for which he had undergone laparoscopic appendectomy. Although the ...
Right lower abdominal pain, fever, and an elevated white blood cell count are common signs and symptoms of appendicitis. The condition usually occurs when a blockage develops between the appendix and ...
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