It’s once again time for us to challenge two experts with opposing opinions to debate in the general surgery octagon. Which one will tap out, and which one will ride off into the sunset the victor? That’s up to you, the readers of General Surgery News.

To start off 2020, we have picked one of the most common diseases treated by general surgeons. The question we have posed to our experts is whether or not acute appendicitis should be treated as a surgical emergency. Must the patient