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. 2015 May 14;372(20):1937-43.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1215006.

Clinical practice. Acute appendicitis--appendectomy or the "antibiotics first" strategy

PMID: 25970051
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1215006

Review

Clinical practice. Acute appendicitis--appendectomy or the "antibiotics first" strategy

David R Flum. N Engl J Med. 2015.

. 2015 May 14;372(20):1937-43.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1215006.

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PMID: 25970051
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1215006

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Acute appendicitis--appendectomy or the "antibiotics first" strategy.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 4;372(23):2274. doi: 10.1056/NEJMx150021. N Engl J Med. 2015. PMID: 26039618 No abstract available.

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Renewed Interest in Acute Appendicitis: Are Antibiotics Non-Inferior to Surgery or Possibly Clinically Superior? What Is Long-Term Follow-Up and Natural Evolution of Appendicitis Treated Conservatively with "Antibiotics First"?
Di Saverio S, Sartelli M, Catena F, Birindelli A, Tugnoli G. Di Saverio S, et al. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2016 Jun;17(3):376-7. doi: 10.1089/sur.2015.206. Epub 2016 Feb 26. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2016. PMID: 26918798 No abstract available.

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