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Nonoperative vs Operative Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

JAMA Surgery, 2022
Importance Appendectomy remains the standard of care for uncomplicated acute appendicitis despite several randomized clinical trials pointing to the safety and efficacy of nonoperative management of this disease.
Rodrigo Moisés de Almeida Leite, D. Seo, Barbara Gomez-Eslava, Sigma Hossain, Arnaud Lesegretain, Alexandre Venâncio de Souza, C. Bay, B. Zilberstein, E. Marchi, R. B. Machado, L. Barchi, R. Ricciardi   +11 more
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Non-operative management of acute appendicitis in children

Pediatric surgery international (Print), 2022
Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies in children and adults. Appendectomy as the standard care has been challenged in the recent years with growing evidence about non-operative treatment as a potential primary treatment in patients
Soma Jumah, T. Wester
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Effect of Oral Moxifloxacin vs Intravenous Ertapenem Plus Oral Levofloxacin for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: The APPAC II Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021
Importance Antibiotics are an effective and safe alternative to appendectomy for managing uncomplicated acute appendicitis, but the optimal antibiotic regimen is not known.
S. Sippola, J. Haijanen, J. Grönroos, T. Rautio, P. Nordström, T. Rantanen, T. Pinta, I. Ilves, A. Mattila, J. Rintala, E. Löyttyniemi, S. Hurme, Ville Tammilehto, H. Marttila, S. Meriläinen, J. Laukkarinen, Eeva-Liisa Sävelä, H. Savolainen, T. Sippola, M. Aarnio, H. Paajanen, P. Salminen   +21 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2020
Background and aims Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common causes of acute abdominal pain. Diagnosis of AA is still challenging and some controversies on its management are still present among different settings and practice patterns worldwide.
S. di Saverio, M. Podda, B. de Simone, M. Ceresoli, G. Augustin, A. Gori, M. Boermeester, M. Sartelli, F. Coccolini, A. Tarasconi, N. de’ Angelis, D. Weber, M. Tolonen, A. Birindelli, W. Biffl, E. Moore, M. Kelly, K. Søreide, J. Kashuk, R. T. ten Broek, C. Gomes, M. Sugrue, R. Davies, D. Damaskos, A. Leppäniemi, A. Kirkpatrick, A. Peitzman, G. Fraga, R. Maier, R. Coimbra, M. Chiarugi, G. Sganga, A. Pisanu, G. D. de’ Angelis, E. Tan, H. van Goor, F. Pata, I. Di Carlo, O. Chiara, A. Litvin, F. Campanile, B. Sakakushev, G. Tomadze, Z. Demetrashvili, R. Latifi, F. Abu-Zidan, O. Romeo, H. Segovia-Lohse, G. Baiocchi, D. Costa, S. Rizoli, Z. Balogh, C. Bendinelli, T. Scalea, R. Ivatury, G. Velmahos, R. Andersson, Y. Kluger, L. Ansaloni, F. Catena   +59 more
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Rate of Application and Outcome of Non-operative Management of Acute Appendicitis in the Setting of COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2021
Non-operative management (NOM) of acute appendicitis has been assessed in several studies before COVID-19 pandemic. This systematic review aimed to assess the extent of adoption, efficacy, and safety of NOM of acute appendicitis in the setting of COVID ...
S. Emile, H. Hamid, Sualeh Muslim Khan, George N. Davis   +3 more
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Acute appendicitis–advances and controversies

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2021
Being one of the most common causes of the acute abdomen, acute appendicitis (AA) forms the bread and butter of any general surgeon’s practice. With the recent advancements in AA’s management, much controversy in diagnostic algorithms, possible ...
T. Teng, Xuan Rong Thong, Kai Yuan Lau, S. Balasubramaniam, V. Shelat   +4 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and severity of acute appendicitis: a comparison between 2019 and 2020

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in the number of patients presenting with acute appendicitis was observed. It is unclear whether this caused a shift towards more complicated cases of acute appendicitis.
J. Scheijmans, A. Borgstein, C. Puylaert, W. Bom, S. Bachiri, E. V. van Bodegraven, A. T. Brandsma, F. T. Ter Brugge, S. D. de Castro, R. Couvreur, L. Franken, M. Gaspersz, M. D. de Graaff, Hannah Groenen, Suzanne C. Kleipool, Toon J. L. Kuypers, M. Martens, David M. Mens, R. Orsini, Nando J. M. M. Reneerkens, T. Schok, W. J. A. Sedee, Shahzad Tavakoli Rad, J. Volders, Pepijn D. Weeder, J. Prins, H. Gietema, J. Stoker, S. Gisbertz, M. Besselink, M. Boermeester, C. S. E. G. M. D. M. M. J. L. S. F. P. S. L. A. A. W. Andeweg Boerma Bolmers Bolster van-Eenennaam Booge, C. Andeweg, E. G. Boerma, M. Bolmers, M. J. Bolster van-Eenennaam, L. Boogerd, P. van Duijvendijk, S. Gans, A. V. van Geloven, P. Gobardhan, E. R. Hendriks, J. T. ten Holder, J. Hoogendoorn, T. de Hoop, J. van Kesteren, J. Konsten, S. Kucukcelebi, A. L. Lopes Cardozo, G. Marres, R. Matthijsen, A. du Mee, S. van der Meij, J. Melenhorst, F. V. van Osch, G. Patijn, R. Ploumen, T. J. M. Quanjel, T. F. van Rees Vellinga, M. D. de Roos, C. V. van Rossem, H. Q. V. Quarles van Ufford, H. V. van Santvoort, N. Sosef, D. Schweitzer, T. Verhagen   +65 more
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The Decreasing Incidence of Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19: A Retrospective Multi-centre Study

World Journal of Surgery, 2020
Background As the novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) spreads, a decrease in the number of patients with acute appendicitis (AA) has been noted in our institutions.
J. Tankel, A. Keinan, Ori Blich, Michael Koussa, Brigitte Helou, Shahaf Shay, Diaa Zugayar, A. Pikarsky, H. Mazeh, R. Spira, P. Reissman   +10 more
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Acute Appendicitis Review: Background, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Cureus, 2020
Appendicitis is a common occurrence in both the adult and pediatric populations. The condition most commonly occurs between the ages of 10 and 20 years with a lifetime risk of 8.6% and 6.7% for males and females respectively.
M. Krzyzak, S. Mulrooney
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Acute Appendicitis in Childhood and Adulthood.

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2020
BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of the acute abdomen, with an incidence of 1 per 1000 persons per year. It is one of the main differential diagnoses of unclear abdominal conditions.
Patrick Téoule, J. Laffolie, U. Rolle, Christoph Reissfelder   +3 more
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