Appendicitis: antibiotics could replace the operation
Swedish researchers have indicated that taking antibiotics could be an alternative to appendectomy, the surgery performed to treat appendicitis. THE ...
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Appendicitis: should you operate? The debate continues
Taking antibiotics would be enough to treat appendicitis in most patients, although for some the operation is unavoidable. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Adverse effects of vaccines: THE large study that reassures
The largest real-life study of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, involving approximately 2 million people, finds that the risks of infection far ...
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The appendix would lengthen the lifespan
Long considered a useless anatomical structure, the appendix would be correlated with the extension of longevity. THE ESSENTIAL The appendix ...
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Appendicitis: the study which confirms the use of surgery
There are two ways to manage uncomplicated acute appendicitis: surgery or antibiotic therapy. The first method would offer a better ...
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Appendicitis: depending on the patient, it is better to favor antibiotics or surgery
A large randomized trial in the United States compared the effectiveness of treating appendicitis with surgery or taking antibiotics, and ...
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Créteil: suspicious death of a 13-year-old teenager, the head of pediatric surgery suspended
On November 24, 2018, 13-year-old Fares died at the intercommunal hospital in Créteil from untreated appendicitis. His parents filed a ...
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Parkinson’s: having had appendicitis surgery would increase the risk of developing the disease
Having an operation for appendicitis increases the risk of having Parkinson's disease. Those who have had appendicitis surgery are more ...
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Appendicitis: avoiding surgery with antibiotics
© iStockA sharp pain on the right side of the stomach, the impossibility of raising the leg, this is appendicitis. ...
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To treat appendicitis, we have found an alternative to the operation
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to treat certain appendicitis attacks only with antibiotics, so without surgery. We explain ...
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Medical error: seven years old with a 25 cm tube in his stomach
A young man lived for seven years with a 10-inch tube left in his stomach after surgery.For seven years, Nelson ...
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Death of Corentin: indictment of the first surgeon
The surgeon who operated on Corentin, 11, who died of a failed appendectomy in 2014 in a Metz hospital was ...
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Appendicitis: what are the symptoms that should alert?
© Getty Images / iStockphotoThe appendix is an organ that is little talked about. Located at the end of the ...
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Appendicitis: antibiotics confirm their interest
Antibiotics do not increase complications compared to surgery in the treatment of appendicitis. But patients must be carefully selected.What if ...
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Metz: Corentin should not have been operated on for appendicitis
Corentin, who died in November 2014 after an appendicitis operation, should not have undergone the operation, according to his father ...
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Appendicitis: Could Antibiotics Replace Surgery?
© Getty Images / iStockphotoAppendicitis is inflammation of the appendix, a small pocket (that looks like a finger) that is ...
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Appendicitis: treatment with antibiotics is proven
France performed more than 80,000 appendectomies in 2013. The simple forms could be treated with antibiotics, according to a study. ...
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Appendicitis: are surgery abused in certain regions?
December 5, 2016. According to'Atlas of variations in medical practices, published in November by the Institute for Research and Documentation ...
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Appendicitis: antibiotics would be effective in treating it
Avoiding appendectomy to treat appendicitis might be possible with antibiotic treatment.Researchers from the University of Turku (Finland) followed for 3 ...
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Appendectomy: four times less in thirty years
The death of Corentin, 11, due to an appendicitis operation, shows that this frequent intervention is not without risks. An ...
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Appendicitis: a child dies after the operation in Metz
Corentin, an 11-year-old Metz resident, died after complications that arose while undergoing appendicitis surgery. His parents filed a complaint against ...
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Operation for appendicitis: yes, there are risks
The appendix is a small growth located in the abdomen, at the junction between the small intestine and the large ...
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Video of Information Video: Appendicitis Appendicitis (appendicitis) is an inflammation of a small appendage of the large intestine. The appendix ...
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Would appendicitis have disappeared in our millennium? Even if today, the diagnosis is faster, perhaps easier, and the intervention a ...
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Appendicitis: what if it was due to a virus?
© iStock These are the findings of a study by surgeons and doctors at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical ...
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