This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

In the antibiotics groups, the percentage of patients who underwent subsequent appendectomy was 40% (95% confidence interval [CI], 36 to 44) at 1 year and 46% (95% CI, 42 to 49) at 2 years (Figure 1); ...

An appendectomy, or appendix removal, is the primary treatment for an appendix that is inflamed or has burst. An inflamed appendix can lead to life threatening complications, so an appendectomy is ...

“I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.” —Scott McClanahan The poor maligned appendix. That worm-like accessory dangling from our intestines has long ...

Appendectomy is a frequently performed surgical procedure; however, long-term consequences have not been fully explored. We used a nationwide population-based cohort to determine whether patients ...