Nonoperative treatment of appendicitis may have unknown long-term risks and costs

Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 15:46 in Health & Medicine

It is too early to change the standard treatment of appendicitis in US adults to initial antibiotic therapy only, rather than surgical removal of the appendix, or appendectomy, authors of a new systematic review study conclude.

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