Antibiotic therapy for appendicitis treatment
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Antibiotic Therapy as Single Treatment of Acute Appendicitis
BACKGROUND Appendectomy has been the established treatment of acute appendicitis during the last century, regarded as a simple and safe procedure, although hampered with postoperative complications and increased standard mortality. Modern research has indicated that selected patients with acute appendicitis can be treated by antibiotic therapy alone. The aim of this thesis was therefore to expl...
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BACKGROUND Although the standard treatment of acute appendicitis (AA) consists of an early appendectomy, there has recently been both an interest and an increase in the use of antibiotic therapy as the primary treatment for uncomplicated AA. However, the use of antibiotic therapy in the treatment of uncomplicated AA is still controversial. METHODS/DESIGN The APPAC trial is a randomized prospe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Medical Association
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1975-8456,2093-5951
DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2018.61.9.568