A National Evaluation of the Conservative Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: How Common Is This and What Are the Issues?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 325-330

  Kelly, Michael E ^a   Khan, Asif ^a   Ur Rehman, Jameel ^a   Waldron, Ronan M ^a   Khan, Waqar ^a   Barry, Kevin ^a,b   Khan, Iqbal Z ^a  

^a MAYO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Laparoscopic surgery; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937776190     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: 14219883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000434756     Document Type: Review

References (30)

1. Park HC, Kim MJ, Lee BH: The outcome of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated appendicitis with diameters ? 10 mm. Int J Surg 2014; 12: 897-900.
2. Andersson RE: The role of antibiotic therapy in the management of acute appendicitis. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2013; 15: 10-13.
3. Fitz RH: Perforating inflammation of the vermiform appendix: with special reference to its early diagnosis and treatment. Am J Med Sci 1886; 92: 321-346.
4. McBurney C: Experience with early operative interference in cases of disease of the vermiform appendix. NY Med J 1889; 50: 676-684.
5. Hale DA, Molloy M, Pearl RH, et al: Appendectomy: a contemporary appraisal. Ann Surg 1992; 58: 264-269.
6. Hansson J, Körner U, Khorram-Manesh A, et al: Randomized clinical trial of antibiotic therapy versus appendicectomy as primary treatment of acute appendicitis in unselected patients. Br J Surg 2009; 96: 473-481.
7. Styrud J, Eriksson S, Nilsson I, et al: Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment in acute appendicitis. A prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial. World J Surg 2006; 30: 1033-1037.
8. Liu K, Fogg L: Use of antibiotics alone for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Surgery 2011; 150: 673-683.
9. Wilms IM, de Hoog DE, de Visser DC, et al: Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment for acute appendicitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011; 9:CD008359.
10. Emmanuel A, Byrne J, Wilson I, Balfe P: Is laparoscopic appendicectomy a safe procedure for trainees in the peripheral hospital setting? Ir Med J 2011; 104: 276-278.
11. Jaffer U, Cameron AE: Laparoscopic appendectomy: a junior trainee's learning curve. JSLS 2008; 12: 288-291.
12. Sauerland S, Jaschinski T, Neugebauer EA: Laparoscopic versus open surgery for suspected appendicitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; 6:CD001546.
13. Leung TT, Dixon E, Gill M, et al: Bowel obstruction following appendectomy: what is the true incidence? Ann Surg 2009; 250: 51-53.
14. Hansson J, Körner U, Ludwigs K, et al: Antibiotics as first-line therapy for acute appendicitis: evidence for a change in clinical practice. World J Surg 2012; 36: 2028-2036.
15. Harrison PW: Appendicitis and the antibiotics. Am J Surg 1953; 85: 160-163.
16. Rice BH: Conservative, non-surgical management of appendicitis. Mil Med 1964; 129: 903-920.
17. Coldrey E: Five years of conservative treatment of acute appendicitis. J Int Coll Surg 1959; 32: 255-261.
18. Yefet E, Romano S, Chazan B, et al: Successful treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis in pregnancy with intravenous antibiotics. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2013; 169: 121-122.
19. Adams ML: The medical management of acute appendicitis in a nonsurgical environment: a retrospective case review. Mil Med 1990; 155: 345-347.
20. Mason RJ: Surgery for appendicitis: is it necessary? Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2008; 9: 481-488.
21. Stengel A: Appendicitis; in Osler W, McCrae T (eds): Modern Medicine, Volume V. Diseases of the Alimentary Tract. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1908.
22. Deutsch AA, Shani N, Reiss R: Are some some appendectomies unnecessary? An analysis of 319 white appendices. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1983; 28: 35-40.
23. Malik AA, Bari S: Conservative management of acute appendicitis. J Gastrointest Surg 2009; 13: 966-970.
24. Oliak D, Yamini D, Udani VM, et al: Nonoperative management of perforated appendicitis without periappendiceal mass. Am J Surg 2000; 179: 177-181.
25. Eriksson S, Granström L: Randomized controlled trial of appendicectomy versus antibiotic therapy for acute appendicitis. Br J Surg 1995; 82: 166-169.
26. Vons C, Barry C, Maitre S, et al: Amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid versus appendicectomy for treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2011; 377: 1573-1579.
27. Di Saverio S, Sibilio A, Giorgini E, et al: The NOTA study (non operative treatment for acute appendicitis): prospective study on the efficacy and safety of antibiotics (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) for treating patients with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and long-term follow-up of conservatively treated suspected appendicitis. Ann Surg 2014; 260: 109-117.
28. Mason RJ, Moazzez A, Sohn H, et al: Metaanalysis of randomized trials comparing antibiotic therapy with appendectomy for acute uncomplicated (no abscess or phlegmon) appendicitis. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2012; 13: 74-84.
29. England RJ, Crabbe DC: Delayed diagnosis of appendicitis in children treated with antibiotics. Pediatr Surg Int 2006; 22: 541-545.
30. Simillis C, Symeonides P, Shorthouse AJ, et al: A meta-analysis comparing conservative treatment versus acute appendectomy for complicated appendicitis (abscess or phlegmon). Surgery 2010; 147: 818-829.