Antibiotics may be enough to spare the appendix for some kids, with similar outcomes to surgery a year later and fewer days of missed school and other activities.

Surge in robotic surgery in 2010s outpaces the evidence for its effects on patients and costs, researchers warn.

Studying data from hundreds of thousands of surgical cases in Michigan has made surgery safer, and recovery smoother, for patients across the state.

When children come to the emergency room with stomach pain presumably tied to appendicitis, they might not need surgery after all.