According to a new Finnish study from The Journal of the American Medical Association, antibiotics could be just as successful as surgery for dealing with appendicitis in a majority of patients. Appendectomy, the surgical removal of the appendix, has been the standard, go-to treatment for appendicitis for over a century. With some 300,000 Americans affected […]
Antibiotics As An Effective Treatment For Appendicitis
Posted on January 10th, 2016 by Gerald Thurswell
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