appendix

Predicting Severity Of Appendicitis With Computed Tomography

... gave results matching the actual condition of the appendix in acute appendicitis. Results of the findings were used to construct a model that could, along with additional CT measurements, help determine the best course of treatment in patients strongly suspected of having acute appendicitis....

Appendectomy need reduced with CT screening

...d with appendicitis were operated on to remove the appendix and later was found did not have the condition of acute appendicitis. Researchers had analyzed health reports of 663 patients who had been diagnosed with appendicitis after a CT scan. 268 of them had an appendectomy after the scan results. Only 3% o...

Both Kidneys Robbed From A Poor Rickshaw Driver In Bihar

...t recovered consciousness, Gupta told him that his appendix had been removed. When Surendra suffered from excruciating pain for several days, the family took him to the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) where doctors after examination revealed that both his kidneys had been removed. Now, Surendra's newl...

Any Form Of Minimally Invasive Surgery- Name It & They Do It!

...evere back pain and was referred to MIOT where her appendix was removed and an ovarian cyst tackled. A tubectomy was performed in addition to an extra gynaecological procedure - four different kinds of surgical operations through a single incision and camera-aided guided intervention. 'I was out of the hosp...

Rare Cancer- Subject of Study

...gy. Robert F. Bradley, M.D said that tumors of the appendix that have metastasized through the abdominal cavit...oduces mucin, a jelly-like substance begins in the appendix or colon and spreads to the abdominal lining. Wake Forest is one of a few centers in the country t...

WBC in Lung Produces Histamine: Study

...thout mast cells with the equivalent of a ruptured appendix will die of the resulting infection, while a mouse with mast cells can survive." When the infected mice without mast cells were given antihistamines, the level of histamine, and therefore the severity of the pneumonia, dropped in proportion to the ...

Debate in US: Who Should Decide for Disabled People?

...uld only be a source of discomfort to her." Her appendix was removed because it was feared she would not be able to communicate her distress if and when she developed appendicitis. So was her uterus, to spare her the pain of menstrual cramps "or pregnancy in the event of rape." Ashley is now nine and a...

Obese Prone to Colon Cancer

.... Cancerous cells grow in the colon, rectum and appendix of sufferers. "The fact we have shown how leptin stimulates these cells means that drug companies may be in a better position to develop new treatments against the disease," explained the researchers. The study is published in the British Journal o...

New York Doctors Remove Gallbladder Through Vagina

...doctors from India made a video in 2004 showing an appendix being taken out through a patient’s mouth. The pat... performed the first human cases of removal of the appendix through the stomach. Then the “no-scar surgery” caught on. Laparoscopic surgeons from the Societ...