Emerging insights about appendicitis have begun to shed light on cancer risk.
Although appendectomy has been the standard of care for appendicitis for more than a century, a growing body of research shows that certain patients can be treated successfully with antibiotics instead.
“But a key question is, should you treat with antibiotics alone?” asked Giana Davidson, MD, MPH, FACS, the chief of emergency general surgery and an associate medical director at the University of Washington