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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Initial antibiotic treatment was successful in 88% to 95% of patients. At 25 years, 60% treated with antibiotics ...

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 ...

A new analysis found that outpatient management of appendicitis with antibiotics is safe for selected patients, which may allow people to avoid hospitalization and surgery. Historically, treatment for ...

The meta-analysis by Harnoss and colleagues [4] combined eight studies (including randomized, quazi-randomized, and nonrandomized prospective cohorts) involving 2551 patients. They found that while ...

Acupuncture was shown to lessen pain and reduce the underlying inflammation in pediatric patients with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis, according to a study published in the Journal of Alternative ...

Good news for doctors looking to cut appendectomies out of their schedules. A new study — conducted by Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute and published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery — found ...

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 ...

Data from two standard diagnostic tests commonly obtained in children evaluated for abdominal pain--when combined--can improve the ability of emergency department physicians and pediatric surgeons to ...

Appendicitis afflicts roughly one in 10 people during their lifetime and accounts for more emergency abdominal surgeries than any other ailment. Yet, as emergency room doctors know too well, ...

Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis came with higher risks of treatment failure and serious complications within a year compared with appendectomy. Researchers ...