REBEL Cast Ep 89: The CODA Trial – Antibiotics vs Appendectomy for Appendicitis - a podcast by Salim R. Rezaie, MD

Background: The well-established, standard treatment for acute appendicitis is surgical appendectomy.  However, recent research has challenged the dominance of the surgical approach in looking at antibiotics alone. The available literature on non-operative treatment of appendicitis (NOTA) has important limitations: exclusion of patients with appendicoliths, small sample size and predominance of open appendectomy over laparoscopic appendectomy. ... Read more

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