Not complicated acute appendicitis in adults: clinical or surgical treatment?

TBE-CiTE Journal Meeting on February 27 , 2012, with the participation of the fol lowing services: Trauma Program, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada; Discipline of Trauma Surgery at UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; Discipline of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil; Federal District Base Hospital, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil; Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus , Amazonas, Brazil; and Antônio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1. PhD, Attending Physician, Discipline of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP; 2. Attending Physician, Discipline of Trauma Surgery, Department ofSurgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP; 3. Professor, Pediatric Surgery, Chief, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP; 4. PhD, Associate Professor, Surgery and Intensive Care, Departments of Surgery and Intensive Care, University of Toronto; 5. Fellow, Trauma Program, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto; 6. PhD, Coordinating Professor, Discipline of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP. INTRODUCTION