After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not needed an appendectomy.

Appendicitis. Illustration of a human appendix, showing it red and inflamed in appendicitis. The appendix is a narrow finger-shaped tube that branches off the first part of the large intestine (caecum ...

In the antibiotics group, 40% had surgery to remove their appendix by 1 year, which rose to 46% by year 2, reported David Flum, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues.

For decades, surgical appendectomy has been the standard treatment for acute appendicitis. But nonoperative management with antibiotics is an option for some patients. For acute, uncomplicated ...

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A new study has found that surgery, rather than antibiotics-only, should remain as the mainstay of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis. An RCSI study conducted in Beaumont Hospital in ...

An RCSI study conducted in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has found that surgery, rather than antibiotics-only, should remain as the mainstay of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis. Published ...

Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix had lower risk of infectious complications compared with those whose complicated appendicitis was managed ...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About twice as many U.S. adults with appendicitis are being treated without an operation compared with 20 years ago, and nonoperative management of ...

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is expected to have surgery Wednesday for acute appendicitis. The team confirmed that McCarthy felt abdominal pain Wednesday morning "that warranted further ...