Appendicitis patients could soon be spared the ordeal of surgery and treated with antibiotics. The current treatment, called an appendectomy, is carried out around 70,000 times a year in the UK and ...

Having an operation to remove your appendix may become a thing of the past after a study found antibiotics are almost as effective as the surgery. Doctors split 1,500 patients who suddenly fell ill ...

A girl of five who died during surgery to remove her appendix may not have needed the operation in the first place. Paige Young had two heart attacks during the procedure after suffering from sickness ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao recently underwent appendix surgery and is recovering well. Her experience has renewed focus on ...

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Filmmaker Kiran Rao underwent appendix surgery at a Mumbai hospital after a health scare. She is now discharged and ...

When waste material passes through the colon, it can sometimes clog the appendix. This blockage allows bacteria to multiply ...

After Kiran Rao revealed she needed surgery for an enlarged appendix, doctor breaks down what a ‘12 mm appendix’ indicates ...

When Mark Wattson had his appendix out, he hoped it would end months of painful suffering. But just three weeks later, he was rushed back to the same hospital after collapsing in agony. And Mark was ...

Surgeons have removed a man's appendix through his mouth in a radical world first. The pioneering operation - dubbed "cakehole surgery" - means no unsightly scars, and the patient was doing sit-ups ...