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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.
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 ...
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.
Appendectomy remains the cornerstone of treatment for acute appendicitis, with the exception of a phlegmon or appendix mass.2 However, in recent years this surgical dogma has been challenged and there is a growing literature to suggest that antibiotics without surgery may be an effective treatment for acute appendicitis in adults and more ...
5 paź 2020 · Antibiotic therapy has been proposed as an alternative to surgery for the treatment of appendicitis. We conducted a pragmatic, nonblinded, noninferiority, randomized trial comparing antibiotic...
25 paź 2021 · Antibiotic treatment of appendicitis is now described as an “accepted first-line treatment” by the American College of Surgeons 1 on the basis of the results of several randomized trials. 2...
30 lip 2024 · - Antibiotics versus appendectomy for nonperforated appendicitis - Antibiotic regimens for low-risk intra-abdominal infections - Antimicrobial prophylaxis for gastrointestinal surgery
