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2 lut 2023 · When chronic appendicitis does not advance to the need for emergency surgery, antibiotics may be used as a first-line treatment to resolve the problem without surgery. If the problem persists, an appendectomy is recommended.
Appendectomy has been the mainstay of treatment of acute appendicitis for over 100 years. Recently the need for surgery for uncomplicated acute appendicitis has been challenged and current data suggest the majority of children can be treated with a non-operative treatment pathway instead of surgery. The comparative safety and efficacy of ...
24 kwi 2020 · Indeed, while the currently recommended treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis is surgical appendectomy, the non-surgical alternative of medical management by antibiotic therapy alone has been widely evaluated by high-quality studies in the literature.
5 paź 2020 · Antibiotics instead of surgery may be a good choice for some, but not all, patients with appendicitis, according to results from a study reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study compared immediate surgery for appendicitis against an alternative approach that used antibiotics initially to treat it, then only moved to ...
5 paź 2020 · Antibiotic therapy has been proposed as an alternative to surgery for the treatment of appendicitis. Methods. We conducted a pragmatic, nonblinded, noninferiority, randomized trial comparing...
18 maj 2017 · If non-operative treatment is as effective as appendectomy, the potential benefits include avoiding surgery and its inherent risks, avoiding general anaesthesia, a potential shorter recovery time, and reduced costs to the institution and the healthcare system.
27 lip 2022 · Nonoperative management with antibiotics may be an alternative option to appendectomy in adult patients presenting with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, noting the possibility of longer hospital stays and potentially higher rates of recurrent appendicitis.
