For many years, immediate surgery has been considered the only proper treatment for appendicitis in children. [s]The New York Times [/s] reports, however, that now a small study suggests that in some cases, antibiotics alone may be better. ‘It’s so dogmatic to operate for appendicitis that it requires a huge paradigm shift,’ said the senior author, Dr Katherine Deans of [b]Nationwide Children’s Hospital[/b]. ‘But there are choices. It may be safe to wait.’
[link url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/treating-appendicitis-without-surgery]– The New York Times[/link]
[link url=http://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(14)00325-1/abstract]– American College of Surgeons abstract[/link]