The study found that antibiotic treatment is not as effective as surgery ... many years investigating the possibility of treating appendicitis with antibiotics. The group conducted a pilot study ...

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Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...

Current research has not found an association between rheumatoid arthritis and appendicitis, but some studies found a link between other autoimmune diseases and appendicitis.

AbbVie said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug for complicated intra-abdominal infections ...

And then all of a sudden they become very ill, and that can sometimes happen if this appendicitis goes far enough to where it will rupture or the actual appendix itself pops like a balloon.” Surgical ...

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...

Appendectomies are not benign. They can compromise a healthy gut and raise the risk of psychiatric disorders. Fortunately, there are alternatives.

A Manitoba man is suing two health authorities and one doctor, claiming that he was refused treatment for a life-threatening condition that was mistaken for a “hangover.” ...