Antibiotic treatment of appendicitis
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Antibiotic Therapy as Single Treatment of Acute Appendicitis
BACKGROUND Appendectomy has been the established treatment of acute appendicitis during the last century, regarded as a simple and safe procedure, although hampered with postoperative complications and increased standard mortality. Modern research has indicated that selected patients with acute appendicitis can be treated by antibiotic therapy alone. The aim of this thesis was therefore to expl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.074