Antibiotic therapy is inferior to surgery for children with uncomplicated appendicitis
1. Treatment failure was greater in the antibiotic group compared to appendicectomy group. 2. Significantly more patients in the antibiotic ...
Tag: appendectomy
24-hour delay may be safe for surgical intervention in patients with uncomplicated appendicitis
1. Operating within 24 hours was non-inferior to operating within 8 hours among patients diagnosed with uncomplicated appendicitis with respect ...
Nonoperative management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis comparable to appendectomy but leads to increased length of stay and disease recurrence
1. No significant differences in treatment success and rate of adverse events were detected in 8 randomized controlled trials of ...
Delays in surgical intervention do not increase odds of appendiceal perforation
1. Time from initial emergency department evaluation to appendectomy onset was not associated with increased odds of appendiceal perforation (AP). ...
Wide variation identified in use of laparoscopy across American hospitals
1. Researchers found significant variation in utilization of minimally invasive surgery in US hospitals. 2. Urban and not-for-profit hospitals were ...
No association found between time to appendectomy and appendix perforation
1. Increased in-hospital time to surgery was not associated with an increased risk of appendix rupture among adults treated with ...
Lower WBC count associated with negative appendectomy
Image: PD 1. Withholding appendectomy for pediatric patients with white blood cell counts below 9000 and 8000 per uL increased ...