In cases of a perforated appendix, I sometimes find the appendix, including the base, grossly gangrenous and seemingly undergoing autolysis. I find it impossible to place a good ligature around the ...

Gangrenous cholecystitis, or gangrene of the gallbladder, happens when severe inflammation due to cholecystitis leads to tissue death. Gangrenous cholecystitis — also known as gangrenous gallbladder ...

"Thankfully, my appendix will not be bothering me anymore." "Dancing with the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba is on the mend after having an emergency appendectomy. Inaba, 55, shared that she was ...

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Appendiceal anomalies, including duplication and malposition, represent a rare but clinically significant subset of congenital variations frequently encountered during surgical evaluation of acute ...

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