A new study believes that a repeat surgery for peritonitis (severe intra-abdominal inflammation or infection) may have some benefit when clinical improvement is deficient as compared to having the ...

Read at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston, May 31, 1938. From the Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston. * Clinical professor of surgery, Harvard ...

Little Mattia Cabras had a chance of overcoming the crisis and recovering, but he needed immediate surgery; surgery was essential to save his life. These are the conclusions of the experts, heard by ...

Knowing the early signs of peritonitis could save your life. The infection of the lining of your abdomen can develop into sepsis, another life-threatening condition, or cause damage to the vital ...