Emerging insights about appendicitis have begun to shed light on cancer risk.
Although appendectomy has been the standard of care for appendicitis for more than a century, a growing body of research shows that certain patients can be treated successfully with antibiotics instead.
“But a key question is, should you treat with antibiotics alone?” asked Giana Davidson, MD, MPH, FACS, the chief of emergency general surgery and an associate medical director at the