The procedure to remove the appendix - which is a thin pouch attached to the large intestine in the lower-right part of the abdomen - was performed using Olympus TriPort technology.

The appendix is a small, dead-end tube that branches off the large intestine on the lower-right side of your abdomen. When it gets inflamed, it causes severe pain and needs to be surgically ...

Press down with firm pressure on your left lower quadrant, the opposite side to where the appendix is. If you experience worsening pain in your right lower quadrant, this is a sign the lining of ...

Prior to laparoscopic surgery becoming the gold standard, the classic indicator that someone had their appendix removed was a several-inch scar in their right lower quadrant. More: Weighing the ...

A woman who was diagnosed with stage four cancer has issued a warning over how 'rare' the condition actually is. Lindsay Barad had not long completed her fourth marathon in December 2021 and was ...

A 32-year-old woman with no significant medical history presents to the emergency department with 2 days of gradually worsening suprapubic and right lower quadrant pain that radiates to the back.

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Abstract and Introduction. Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current ...