Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

60 This was used to reflect metrics for use of blood tests in a non-ED setting, or if it was used for a triage test to decide other diagnostic modalities such as ultrasound (table 2). In a pooled ...

Surgeons should be familiar with surgery of the cecum and appendix because the diseases of this region, especially appendicitis, are the most common indications for surgical exploration.

Although the delayed diagnosis of appendicitis is dangerous, over-testing can also be harmful. Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department.

A healthy person can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's anatomy. For example, the left or right side may be slightly higher ... Imaging tests such as chest or abdominal computerized ...

The World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (Geneva, WRC-07) adopted revised provisions and updated technical parameters for Appendix 30B of the Radio Regulations. The details of the information ...

Background: The coexistence of Crohn's disease (CD) and acute appendicitis (AA) is rare. In this situation, therapeutic experience is lacking and the strategy is paradoxical and intractable.

Therefore, this study used fixed human cadaver specimens to design a new surgical method for cutting the transverse carpal ligament with an acupotomy under the guidance of ultrasound and to verify the ...