Treatment with antibiotics alone can be a safe and effective alternative to surgery for children with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, according to a new study. The study was led by Dr. Peter Minneci ...

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Children with simple cases of appendicitis may be safely treated with antibiotics instead of surgery, suggests a new study. Forgoing surgery to remove the appendix may not be an option for all kids, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with simple cases of appendicitis may be safely treated with antibiotics instead of surgery, suggests a new study. Forgoing surgery to remove the appendix may not ...

At least 60 patients will be recruited for a year-long trial after scientists found drugs may be better than surgery, the standard treatment for more than a century KIDS with appendicitis will soon ...

KIDS with appendicitis will soon get antibiotics instead of going under the knife. At least 60 patients will be recruited for a year-long trial after scientists found drugs may be better than surgery, ...

The surgeons at Nationwide Children’s Hospital noticed something strange about some of their young patients. If kids with appendicitis got to the hospital in the middle of the night, they were put on ...

From stomach pain and nausea to fevers, appetite loss, and diarrhea, these are some of the signs of appendicitis in kids. Getty Images The first time my daughter complained about stomach problems was ...

At some hospitals, children receive better care in the daytime than they do at night for suspected appendicitis. This is the finding of a study to be published in the April 2017 issue of Academic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children who have an immunoglobulin E-mediated allergy are less likely to have complicated appendicitis than ...

Black children were more than half as likely as white children to be given opioid pain medicine when arriving in U.S. emergency departments with moderate-to-severe abdominal pain due to appendicitis, ...