Surgery Needed in Nearly Half of Appendicitis Patients Treated With Antibiotics Surgery Needed in Nearly Half of Appendicitis Patients Treated With Antibiotics

Antibiotic therapy can prevent or delay the need for an appendectomy, but ultimately nearly half of the patients will eventually require the surgery, according to the largest, long-term comparison of immediate surgery versus antibiotic treatment.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news