Conservative treatment of acute appendicitis: Heresy or an effective and acceptable alternative to surgery?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-127

  Sakorafas, George H ^a   Mastoraki, Aikaterini ^a   Lappas, Christos ^a   Sampanis, Dimitrios ^a   Danias, Nikolaos ^a   Smyrniotis, Vassileios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

antibiotics; appendectomy; appendicitis; appendix; conservative management; hospitalization; morbidity; mortality; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; CARCINOID; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST CONTROL; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHLEGMON; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY;

EID: 79851514955     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834233b6     Document Type: Review

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