After 10 years, just over half the people in a trial of antibiotics for appendicitis have not needed an appendectomy.

Appendicitis. Illustration of a human appendix, showing it red and inflamed in appendicitis. The appendix is a narrow finger-shaped tube that branches off the first part of the large intestine (caecum ...

For patients who received antibiotics for uncomplicated acute appendicitis, rates of recurrence and subsequent appendectomy at 10 years indicated that the strategy is a safe and feasible alternative ...