Acute appendicitis in the hernia sac is even less common, with an estimated prevalence of 0.08–0.13 % (1, 2). De Garengeot's hernia occurs mainly in women, and the average age of those affected is ...

A worried mother brought her 14-year-old daughter to the emergency department after the girl suffered a full night of vomiting and abdominal pain. The patient said she had on and off belly pain for ...

The research introduces an innovative method to detect acute appendicitis by uniting symptom-based forecasting with state-of-the-art image analysis techniques. The system employs an FNN for syndrome ...

A large-scale study of CT scans performed in the United States has estimated that the widely used medical technology could lead to more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the lives of patients.

The Signs and Symptoms of Appendicitis in Children In most adults, there is a very specific set of appendicitis symptos that accompany abdominal pain. These often include: Loss of appetite Nausea ...

Unlike acute appendicitis, healthcare professionals do not consider chronic appendicitis a medical emergency. A CT scan can help diagnose chronic appendicitis, and treatment involves removing the ...

A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery, published by Oxford University Press, indicates it's now possible to diagnose appendicitis using low-does CT scans, decreasing the radiation exposure ...

Hospital staff may use blood tests and imaging, like an ultrasound or CT scan, to diagnose appendicitis. And if your child does have it, know that medicine has come a long way since Madeline ...