On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country's first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. They made one small ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Monday, Aug. 25, 2008 | Jeff Scholz, a 42-year-old former Marine, became the first patient in ...

Over the past year, U.S. doctors have made strides in the use of a technique called “natural orifice” surgery, an approach they hope will do away with the scarring, pain and the long recoveries ...

Open wide — your appendix is about to be removed through your mouth. It sounds unbelievable, but it’s just one of the ways doctors are using our natural orifices to avoid skin incisions and scarring ...

Recent advancement in health care is the scar-free operation that takes out appendix without causing discomfort. Over 1,000 patients in Europe and United States have had successful orifice surgeries ...

Unbelievable it may appear, but doctors say they can now remove a patient’s appendix through their natural orifices like the mouth, vagina and rectum. LONDON: Unbelievable it may appear, but doctors ...