South Africa needs to reject the concept of antibiotics as the primary treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis

VY Kong; DL Clarke

doi:10.36303/SAJS.002918

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VY Kong University of Auckland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2291-2572
DL Clarke University of KwaZulu-Natal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-1455

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https://doi.org/10.36303/SAJS.002918

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acute uncomplicated appendicitis

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The movement in the high-income countries of the world away from surgery as the mainstay of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis, has been well documented and is supported both in the literature and by several prominent surgical societies, in both North America and Europe.^1,2

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VY Kong, University of Auckland

Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, New Zealand and Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

DL Clarke, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

South Africa needs to reject the concept of antibiotics as the primary treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis

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VY Kong, University of Auckland

DL Clarke, University of KwaZulu-Natal

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