Ira Winderman: Per Cleveland Clinic: Recovery from appendix surgery typically takes 1–3 weeks for laparoscopic (keyhole) procedures and 4–6 weeks for open surgery. Most patients return to light activities in 1–2 weeks, though lifting heavy objects should be avoided for 2–4 weeks. Full recovery is usually achieved within four to six weeks.

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 versus 56% of those who received medical therapy alone.

April 16 (Reuters) - (To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) Patients with the chronic inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis might reduce their risk of a relapse by having their appendix removed, a new study suggests.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About one-third of children treated with antibiotics for appendicitis experienced treatment failure. Children in the antibiotic group were at greater risk for adverse ...