SGEM#256: Doctor Doctor Give Me the News, I Gotta Bad Case of RLQ Pain – Should I have an Appendectomy?

Ensaios extraídos do podcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2019Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis Among Privately Insured PatientsOtherIn 58 329 US patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, nonoperative management raised appendicitis-associated readmission and abscess compared with appendectomy.
• 2015APPACOtherIn 530 adults with CT-confirmed uncomplicated appendicitis, antibiotic therapy left 27.3% needing appendectomy within 1 year, compared with open appendectomy.
• 2008Traditional and Laparoscopic Appendectomy in AdultsOtherIn 259,735 adults undergoing emergency appendectomy in England, laparoscopic appendectomy showed lower 30-day and 1-year mortality than open appendectomy.