Gil-Collado M

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 211-216
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ABSTRACT

Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency and although the gold standard is appendectomy, recent studies have documented that antibiotics can be used for its treatment and this has lead to an increasing interest in the study of its efficacy.
Methods: A revision of 7 studies comparing antibiotics vs. appendectomy and 3 studies of antibiotic treatment alone was done.
Results: Antibiotic treatment has a 64-73% efficacy compared to a 95.6% for appendectomy.
Conclusions: Although medical treatment of appendicitis reduces the risk of complications, the literature available still doesn´t justify its use as primary treatment.

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