In complicated appendicitis cases, routine post-operative antibiotics did not help reduce infections in a recent study conducted at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute and Olive View-UCLA ...

Bilophila wadsworthia bacteria, computer illustration. Anaerobic bile resistant bacterium found in lower parts of the human gastrointestinal tract, and implicated in a number of abdominal infections, ...

An alternative option to appendectomies is becoming more mainstream, The Washington Post reported Aug. 17. For children, appendicitis is the most common cause of emergency surgeries, according to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About one-third of children treated with antibiotics for appendicitis experienced treatment failure. Children in ...

CHICAGO — When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen’s abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she’d be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the ...

The meta-analysis by Harnoss and colleagues [4] combined eight studies (including randomized, quazi-randomized, and nonrandomized prospective cohorts) involving 2551 patients. They found that while ...

A new analysis found that outpatient management of appendicitis with antibiotics is safe for selected patients, which may allow people to avoid hospitalization and surgery. Historically, treatment for ...

CHICAGO -- When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen's abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she'd be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the ...

Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving alternative to surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ...

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Appendicitis is the fifth most common reason for hospitalization among children in the U.S. Compared to surgery, using antibiotics alone to treat children with appendicitis is a cost-saving strategy.