A local man is fighting for his life after an alleged botched surgery; now he’s suing the doctor from the University of Washington Medicine (UW Medicine) and the state. The suit alleges that a simple ...
A Washington man who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his surgeons removed a different organ instead — leading to four more surgeries and chronic pain that has lasted for nearly a ...
You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...
CHICAGO — When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen’s abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she’d be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the ...
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Your appendix might not be useless after all—and new research says it could be an evolutionary secret weapon
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, ...
A man is suing Washington surgeons, accusing them of removing a different organ during his appendix surgery. Complaint A Washington man who had surgery for an urgent appendix removal learned his ...
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