Stump appendicitis is a rare complication that occurs when the residual appendix becomes inflamed after an appendectomy. It ...

A lawsuit claims that Stamford Health staffers’ failure to diagnose and treat a pregnant woman’s appendicitis led to the ...

A ruptured appendix is a serious complication of appendicitis, which is characterized by inflammation and/or infection of the appendix. When the opening of the appendix becomes blocked, the appendix ...

Doctors decided to open her C-section incision to perform exploratory surgery and a washout, a procedure used to treat infection. They also took out Summerlin’s appendix. “They told me they di ...

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

A woman who says she was repeatedly denied emergency care last spring is blasting the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care ...

Suzanne Summerlin was trying to keep it together. In late 2023, the 42-year-old lawyer learned she needed surgery to treat an unidentified and increasingly worrisome pelvic infection, just as she was ...

Medical providers usually try to fit symptoms to a single diagnosis, and rightly so. But sometimes it's not the case.

A shocking incident at Muzaffarpur Sadar Hospital sees 12-year-old Prachi Kumari undergoing an appendectomy only to have her ...

A man had emergency surgery on an "exploded" appendix, a day after his GP practice sent him home with a prescription for indigestion tablets. Chris Feast, 75, said he had been examined by an ...