American College of Surgeons: Most Patients With Appendicitis Can Have Antibiotics as Their First Treatment, Rather Than Appendectomy
October 26, 2021
October 26, 2021
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 26 (TNSPol) -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release:
About half of patients with appendicitis do not need an appendectomy procedure up to four years after receiving a course of antibiotics, according to final results of the Comparison of Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial. The study findings were presented today at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) virtual Clinical Congress 2021, simultaneous with onl . . .
About half of patients with appendicitis do not need an appendectomy procedure up to four years after receiving a course of antibiotics, according to final results of the Comparison of Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial. The study findings were presented today at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) virtual Clinical Congress 2021, simultaneous with onl . . .