Antibiotic treatment is a viable option for uncomplicated appendicitis, yielding favourable outcomes and fewer complications than appendectomy, new research shows.

It's "no longer about a right vs wrong management pathway," expert says ...

Data on long-term outcomes with antibiotics for appendicitis show that most patients will not experience a recurrence, reported researchers who followed up on patients from the first two randomized ...

Outpatient antibiotic management of selected patients with appendicitis is safe, allowing many patients to avoid surgery and hospitalization, and should be considered as part of shared decision-making ...

Outpatient antibiotic management of selected patients with appendicitis is safe, allowing many patients to avoid surgery and hospitalization, and should be considered as part of shared decision-making ...

Despite the common belief an appendicitis needs to be treated right away, recent studies are showing most cases don’t need to be rushed to the operating room, according to a USA Today news report.

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Doctors are more likely to miss appendicitis in patients who are Black, research shows. This phenomenon, first described in children, occurs in adults as well, according to a study published last ...

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Acute appendicitis remains one of the most common non-obstetric emergencies encountered during pregnancy. Its diagnosis is complicated by anatomical shifts and physiologic alterations that may obscure ...