Questioning the Higher Abscess Rate and Overall Cost of Care Associated With Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis

JAMA Surg. 2019 Aug 1;154(8):784. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1161.

Authors

Paulina Salminen^{1

2}, Juha Grönroos^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Digestive Surgery, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
² Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

PMID: 31090883
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1161

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Abscess
Acute Disease
Appendectomy
Appendicitis*
Humans
Insurance, Health