Belief in Antibiotics for Appendicitis Tied to Fewer Surgeries
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Patients who were more confident that antibiotics could treat appendicitis appeared less likely to undergo surgery for this condition than those who expressed more reservations about this approach, according to a further analysis of data from a landmark trial on this question.
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@madhumita In 2020, topline results from Flum and colleagues' CODA trial showed antibiotic therapy to be noninferior to appendectomy, as assessed on the basis of a standard health-status measure. In the antibiotics group, almost 3 in 10 participants — 29% — had undergone appendectomy by 90 days, meaning the majority had at least temporarily avoided this surgery.