It has traditionally been taught that, untreated, appendicitis will progress to perforation with associated morbidity and mortality. This paper reviews the literature regarding differing styles of ...

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 ...

In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, non-perforated appendicitis in children with antibiotics instead of surgery.

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With nowhere else to go for medical treatment in The Pas, Flett says he took an 11-hour bus trip from the northern Manitoba town to Winnipeg, where his appendix burst as he waited for a hospital ...

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.” ...

we attempted to identify patients who perforated while waiting for a CT or subsequent to a CT that did not reveal radiographic evidence of appendicitis. We were unable to identify such a patient ...