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- Title
Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment in acute appendicitis. a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Styrud, Johan; Eriksson, Staffan; Nilsson, Ingemar; Ahlberg, Gunnar; Haapaniemi, Staffan; Neovius, Gunnar; Rex, Lars; Badume, Ibrahim; Granström, Lars
- Abstract
Appendectomy has been the treatment for acute appendicitis for over 120 years. Antibiotic treatment has occasionally been used in small uncontrolled studies, instead of operation, but this alternative has never before been tried in a multicenter randomized trial.
- Publication
World journal of surgery, 2006, Vol 30, Issue 6, p1033
- ISSN
0364-2313
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00268-005-0304-6