Cholangioscope-assisted therapy proves effective for chronic abdominal pain.
A single-center study evaluated 60 patients with chronic abdominal pain linked to the appendix, using cholangioscope-assisted endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy (ERAT). Findings revealed a 100% technical success rate and 90% clinical success. Post-procedure, 90% of patients reported an abdominal pain score of zero after an average follow-up of 6.6 months. Median procedure time was 5.4 minutes with a short hospital stay of 2.1 days and no recorded complications, confirming ERAT’s efficacy and safety.
Patients who needed emergency general surgery within 60 days of a pulmonary embolism had more major complications than those operated on later, in a national database study.
Among 3,785 patients who had emergency general surgery after acute pulmonary embolism, those operated on at least 60 days later had markedly fewer major adverse events (adjusted OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.37–0.55).
Appendix, Gallbladder and Surgical Emergencies3 Nov 2026
