A sore throat is not exactly the most obvious side effect of having your appendix out but for Jeff Scholtz it was proof he had secured his place in medical history. Mr Scholtz is one of the first ...

Breaking new ground in what many surgeons consider the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery, surgeons have successfully performed an appendectomy with no abdominal incision. The appendix was ...

Breaking new ground in what many surgeons consider the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery, Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital surgeon Kurt Roberts, M.D., successfully ...

New no-cut technique could lead to fewer scars, less pain, researchers say. March 19, 2008 — -- Scientists are moving closer to developing the techniques and the technology that could someday ...

On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country's first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. They made one small ...

Appendicitis often begins with dull pain in the lower abdomen. But it can quickly transform into an emergency requiring immediate medical attention. Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix, a ...

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 ...

The NHS undertakes 50,000 appendectomies each year. Here, Michele Stanley, 20, a nursery nurse who lives with her mother near Birmingham, talks about her keyhole appendectomy and her surgeon explains ...

Kiran Rao was hospitalised for appendix surgery and shared a funny 'Kim Kardashian moment' after doctors removed a 12 mm ...