Acute appendicitis treated with antibiotics often ends up being treated with appendectomy, longer-term follow-up of the CODA Collaborative trial showed. In the antibiotics group, 40% had surgery to ...

Outpatient treatment with antibiotics is safe for uncomplicated appendicitis and may reduce the need for hospitalization and surgery, according to a new study. A new analysis found that outpatient ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...