Almost half of children who require surgery for complicated appendicitis can safely complete their recovery at home, ...

Among children with suspected nonperforated appendicitis, antibiotic management appeared inferior to appendectomy, according ...

34%, p <0.001) and overall nontherapeutic appendectomy decreased (14% vs. 7%, p <0.005). This decrease was seen in patients who were operated without CT (13% vs. 7%, p <0.03) and after CT (19% vs.

Biggers had an appendectomy. Doctors told him he needed four to six weeks to recover. That timeline would have knocked Biggers out of the East-West Shrine Bowl and possibly the NF ...