The current management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis: should there be a change in paradigm? A systematic review of the literatures and analysis of treatment performance

INTRODUCTION: Appendectomy has long been the mainstay of intervention for acute appendicitis, aiming at preventing perforation, peritonitis, abscess formation and recurrence. With better understanding of the disease process, non-operative management (NOM) with antibiotics alone has been proved a fea...

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Autores principales: Poon, Samuel Ho Ting, Lee, Jennifer Wah Yan, NG, Ka Man, Chiu, Gloria Wing Yan, Wong, Brian Yung Kong, Foo, Chi Chung, Law, Wai Lun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29075315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-017-0157-y

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