Conservative treatment of acute appendicitis.

Abstract

Acute appendicitis has been considered by surgeons a progressive disease leading to perforation for more than 100 years. In the last decades the theories about this concept gained attention, especially in adults. However, appendectomy for acute appendicitis remains the most common urgent/emergent surgical procedure. At present, accumulating evidences are showing the changing in clinical practice towards the non-operative management of several cases of acute appendicitis either non-complicated or complicated. The present review aims to show the literature results regarding the non-operative management of acute appendicitis in non-complicated and in complicated cases.

• Authors: Federico Coccolini, Paola Fugazzola, Massimo Sartelli, Enrico Cicuttin, Maria Grazia Sibilla, Gioacchino Leandro, Gian Luigi De' Angelis, Federica Gaiani, Francesco Di Mario, Matteo Tomasoni, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni
• Journal: Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis (Acta Biomed) Vol. 89 Issue 9-S Pg. 119-134 (12 17 2018) ISSN: 2531-6745 [Electronic] Italy
• PMID: 30561405 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Analgesics
• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Abdominal Abscess (etiology)
• Adult
• Analgesics (therapeutic use)
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Appendectomy
• Appendicitis (complications, drug therapy, surgery)
• Child
• Conservative Treatment (trends)
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Length of Stay
• Meta-Analysis as Topic
• Multicenter Studies as Topic
• Observational Studies as Topic
• Peritonitis (drug therapy, etiology)
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Recurrence
• Treatment Outcome
• Unnecessary Procedures