Meta-analysis of antibiotics versus appendicectomy for non-perforated acute appendicitis.

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Published in Br J Surg on March 17, 2016

Authors

V Sallinen1,2, E A Akl3,4, J J You4,5, A Agarwal4,6, S Shoucair7, P O Vandvik8, T Agoritsas4,9, D Heels-Ansdell4, G H Guyatt4,5, K A O Tikkinen10

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Abdominal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2: Departments of Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
3: Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
4: Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
5: Departments of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
6: Departments of Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7: University of Balamand, Tripoli, Lebanon.
8: Department of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway.
9: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
10: Departments of Urology and Public Health, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Associated clinical trials:

Is Acute Appendicitis Still a Clinical Diagnosis? | NCT04477824

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