Indication of conservative treatment by antibiotics for uncomplicated and complicated acute appendicitis
A temperature ≥ 37.3 °C, appendicolith and Douglas sinus fluid on CT might be clinical risk factors of resistance to conservative treatment for acute appendicitis.
Authors
- Masato Moritani
- Yosuke Makuuchi
- Yuichi Nagakawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-8160)
- Yuichi Hosokawa
Institutions
- Tokyo Medical University (JP)
- Chiba-Nishi General Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v16.i8.2538
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00