Of the 488,190 patients who had undergone appendectomies, 4470, or 0.92%, eventually developed PD. Of the 61.7 million patients who didn’t have the procedure, only 177,230, or 0.29%, developed PD.

Ruptured appendixes and bad pelvic infections after appendectomies are known to increase the risk of infertility. Some reports have also suggested the appendectomy itself might hurt a woman's ...

Appendectomies are among the most common emergency surgeries globally, yet they pose inherent risks of SSIs, particularly in cases of open surgery and complicated appendicitis.

Ruptured appendixes and bad pelvic infections after appendectomies are known to increase the risk of infertility. Some reports have also suggested the appendectomy itself might hurt a woman's ...

A health crisis has emerged in Chak 212-P, a secluded village located on Tillu Road in Sadiqabad in Pakistan, where residents are forced to consume contaminated subsoil water due to a lack of safe ...

They studied a randomly selected pool of 100,639 children — 10% of them non-Hispanic Black and 90% white — from across the United States who received appendectomies between 2001 and 2018.

Appendectomies are still routine even though antibiotics are a safe first-line alternative, Talan said, but at least for now, patients with uncomplicated appendicitis have more options.

Jan. 19 -- MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Appendicitis doesn't necessarily lead to a burst appendix if the organ isn't removed quickly, U.S. researchers say in a new study that challenges ...

New research has found a perplexing, though relatively small link between the devastating neurological illness Parkinson’s disease and having your appendix removed. But it’s still unclear just ...

Researchers at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) and Olive View-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Centre studied the outcomes over five years for 410 adults with ...

July 4, 2012 Study shows appendectomies not a threat to fertility by University of Dundee ...

Appendectomies are the most common emergency general surgical procedure in the USA, but a new study suggests many are unneeded. The study, published in the Archives of Surgery, implies that ...