Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving alternative to surgery, according ...

Treating children who have uncomplicated acute appendicitis only with antibiotics is both cost-effective and safe compared to ...

More evidence that antibiotics alone may be a safe and effective treatment for kids with uncomplicated appendicitis.In a new ...

For decades, surgery to remove an inflamed appendix has been a rite of childhood for many. But a new study says treating ...

The condition involves inflammation of the remaining appendix tissue, often resulting from incomplete removal during the ...

The decision process for all appendectomy procedures (n = 201) at the Department of Surgery at the Karolinska University Hospital, in 2009, was retrospectively evaluated. After each case operated ...

Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving alternative to surgery, according ...

The National Institutes of Health reports that appendicitis is the fifth most common reason that children are hospitalized ...