Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: The APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial.

By P. Salminen, H. Paajanen, T. Rautio, P. Nordström, M. Aarnio, T. Rantanen, R. Tuominen, S. Hurme, J. Virtanen, J. Mecklin and 4 more. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2015

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Subfields: Emergency Medicine, Surgery

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• Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines (2020, background): “There were no intra-abdominal abscesses or other major complications associated with delayed appendectomy in patients randomized to antibiotic treatment [103].”