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 ...

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 ...

Styrud J, Eriksson S, Nilsson I, et al. Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment in acute appendicitis, a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial. World J Surg . 2006;30:1033-1037. 5.

With an open appendectomy, a single incision will be made in the patient's lower right abdomen. The surgeon then removes the appendix and closes the wound using stitches.

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.

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.

I turned to Dr. Google, who offered the words “lower right quadrant” and “appendix.” I poked my lower right quadrant and began the calculus unique to Americans: weighing the cost-benefit ...

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 ...