Concepedia

Initial antibiotic treatment for acute simple appendicitis in children is safe: Short-term results from a multicenter, prospective cohort study

Ramon R. Gorter, Johanna H. van der Lee, H. A. Cense, C. M. F. Kneepkens, Marc H. W. A. Wijnen, Klaas H. in ‘t Hof, Martin Offringa, Hugo A. Heij, Naser Ahmadi, Pierre M. Bet,

Surgery · 2015 · 87 citations · 28 references

DOI

Concepts

References

28

Statistics with Confidence: Confidence Intervals and Statistical Guidelines.

Flavia Jolliffe, Michael Gardner, Daniel Altman · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) · 1990 · 1.3K citations

, , +15

Amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid versus appendicectomy for treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial

C. Vons, Caroline Barry, Sophie Maître et al. · The Lancet · 2011 · 668 citations

, , +7

Appendectomy versus Antibiotic Treatment in Acute Appendicitis. A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Johan Styrud, Staffan Eriksson, Ingemar Nilsson et al. · World Journal of Surgery · 2006 · 534 citations

, , +9

Randomized clinical trial of antibiotic therapy <i>versus</i> appendicectomy as primary treatment of acute appendicitis in unselected patients

Jeanette Hansson, Ulla Körner, Amir Khorram‐Manesh et al. · British journal of surgery · 2009 · 499 citations · Full text

, , +8

Disconnect Between Incidence of Nonperforated and Perforated Appendicitis

Edward H. Livingston, Wayne A. Woodward, George A. Sarosi et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2007 · 457 citations · Full text

, , +13