NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Unnecessary surgery to remove a normal appendix during pregnancy increases the risk that mom-to-be will lose her baby or that she will deliver early, research indicates.

The aim of this study was to determine whether appendectomy during pregnancy affects subsequent development of the offspring. The investigators observed and followed 29 patients who had undergone ...

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Research carried out in the UK suggest higher fertility and pregnancy rates may be present in women who have undergone these common procedures.

Appendectomy may be a useful addition to medical therapy for preventing relapse of ulcerative colitis among patients in remission. At 1 year, 36% of patients in the appendectomy group had a relapse ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...