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Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with an appendicitis, the team announced Thursday. Embiid will undergo surgery in Houston on Thursday afternoon, per the team. The 76ers did ...

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid had a successful appendectomy surgery on Thursday in Houston, the team announced during its game against the Rockets. The Sixers didn't give a timeline for ...

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid underwent emergency surgery in Houston on Thursday after being diagnosed with appendicitis a few hours before the team fell to the Rockets 113-102 in a ...

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will have surgery, per the team. Embiid had been ruled out for Thursday's game against the Rockets due to an illness ...

The 7-time All-Star and former Kia MVP is out indefinitely due to appendicitis. From NBA.com News Services Joel Embiid is averaging 26.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists over 38 games this season.

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with appendicitis and underwent surgery in Houston on Thursday, the team announced. The 76ers were in town to play the Rockets as they cling to ...

Joel Embiid reported feeling ill Thursday, per league sources, and was ruled out for the game against the Houston Rockets. Bill Streicher / USA Today via Imagn Images Philadelphia 76ers center Joel ...

Jay N. Yepuri, MD, MS, FACG, is a board-certified gastroenterologist and member of the Digestive Health Associates of Texas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. You can sometimes treat ...

More than half of people who receive antibiotics to treat appendicitis do not see their disease come back 10 years after the initial illness, a new study shows. The data come from one of the first ...

Ten-year follow-up results showed that 37.8% of patients who received antibiotics versus appendectomy had a true recurrence of appendicitis. Overall, cumulative complication rates at 10 years were ...