43-year-old woman’s appendicitis turns out to be a rare appendix tumour; doctors treat abdominal cancer spread through keyhole surgery

After months of unexplained symptoms, a woman discovered she had a rare appendix tumor, leading to a diagnosis of ...
Medical Xpress

Bindi Irwin was rushed to hospital for appendix surgery. But what is appendicitis?

Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. According to her brother Robert Irwin, "she's going to be OK," however, ...
The Hindu

Surgeons remove appendix through laparoscopic surgery on a three-year-old in Perambalur

Doctors at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital, Siruvachur, Perambalur, recently performed a complex laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery on a three-year-old child suffering from a ruptured ...
New Scientist

Appendix-removal via the mouth leaves no scar

IMAGINE surgery that could be performed without general anaesthetic, requires hardly any recovery time, and leaves you with no visible scars. The catch: it may also leave a very unpleasant taste in ...