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 ...
“I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.” —Scott McClanahan The poor maligned appendix. That worm-like accessory dangling from our intestines has long ...