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#Antibiotics can treat #appendicitis for many patients, no surgery needed
A quarter of a million people get appendicitis every year in the United States, when a blockage or infection inflames the #appendix. For more than a century, doctors treating appendicitis have usually removed the organ, for fear it might rupture and cause severe infection. After 10 years, more than half still did not need an #appendectomy, new data show
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antibiotics-appendicitis-no-surgery
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Antibiotics can treat appendicitis for many patients, no surgery needed

After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not needed an appendectomy.

Science News

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The Dead And The Decaying Feb 11

Finally, some good news-

#Antibiotics can treat #appendicitis for many patients, no surgery needed.

After 10 years, more than half still did not need an #appendectomy, new data show.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antibiotics-appendicitis-no-surgery

Antibiotics can treat appendicitis for many patients, no surgery needed

After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not needed an appendectomy.

Science News

News Beep Sep 6, 2025

Rangers shortstop Corey Seager hopes to play again this season after appendectomy

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas shortstop Corey Seager is feeling better after having an appendectomy and still hopeful…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ALWest-leadingHouston #appendectomy #CoreySeager #injuredlist #Latvia #LV #TexasRangers
https://www.newsbeep.com/106431/

Eira Tansey Jun 11, 2024

“The dining room is the closest thing the American home has to an appendix—a dispensable feature that served some more important function at an earlier stage of architectural evolution.” Sir, my dining room has never burst and landed me in a hospital for 10 nights, but sure, go forth with this dubious analogy #Appendectomy https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/dining-rooms-us-homes-apartments/678633/

The Death of the Dining Room

A once-ubiquitous feature of floor plans is becoming a rarity.

The Atlantic

Daniel Kochanowicz May 23, 2024

Not that I'm expecting cards and gifts but today is the 57th anniversary of my appendectomy.

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Insights Into Imaging Jun 8, 2023

Using #CT to differentiate complicated from uncomplicated #appendicitis in patients who underwent an #appendectomy at initial admission showed 🎯 high accuracy (Jidapa Iamwat et al.)

#InsightsIntoImaging

🔗 https://insightsimaging.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13244-021-01086-3

Predictive ability of CT findings in the differentiation of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis: a retrospective investigation of 201 patients undergone appendectomy at initial admission - Insights into Imaging

Background Paradigm shift toward nonoperative management (NOM) of adult appendicitis has made computed tomography (CT) more important than ever, particularly in differentiating complicated from uncomplicated disease. Complete surgical and pathological data of appendicitis in a place where appendectomy at initial admission is a standard of care would allow retrospective review of preoperative CT for performance and predictive ability in identifying those that may benefit from NOM in the future. Results The study included 201 CT scans of consecutive adult patients who presented for appendectomy at initial admission with pathologically confirmed acute appendicitis. Complicated appendicitis referred to gangrene or perforation on pathological or operative findings. The overall CT sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for differentiation of complicated from uncomplicated appendicitis were 87.2%, 75.7% and 81.1%, respectively. The most sensitive CT findings of complicated appendicitis were mucosal enhancement defect (83.2%; 95% CI 74.1–90.0) and moderate-to-severe periappendiceal fat stranding (96.8%; 95% CI 91.1–99.3), both independently predictive of complicated appendicitis with adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of 4.62 (95% CI 1.86–11.51) and 4.41 (95% CI 1.06–18.29), respectively. Phlegmon, fluid collection, extraluminal appendicolith, periappendiceal air and small bowel dilatation had specificity of 98.1–100%. Intraluminal appendicoliths were found more frequently in complicated appendicitis (52.6% vs. 22.6%) but not predictive for this diagnosis. Independent clinical predictors of complicated appendicitis were lack of pain migration (OR 2.06), neutrophilia ≥ 82% (OR (2.87) and symptoms ≥ 24 h (OR 5.84). Conclusions CT findings were highly accurate in differentiating complicated from uncomplicated appendicitis among patients undergone appendectomy at initial admission.

SpringerOpen