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      Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: The APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial.

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          An increasing amount of evidence supports the use of antibiotics instead of surgery for treating patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis.

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          Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA
          Title: JAMA
          ISSN (Electronic): 1538-3598
          ISSN (Print): 0098-7484
          Publication date (Electronic): Jun 16 2015
          Volume: 313
          Issue: 23
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          [1 ] Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Departments of Acute and Digestive Surgery, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland2Department of Surgery, Turku University, Turku, Finland.
          [2 ] Department of Surgery, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland4Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
          [3 ] Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
          [4 ] Division of Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
          [5 ] Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.
          [6 ] Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland8Department of Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland9Department of Surgery, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland.
          [7 ] Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland11Primary Health Care Unit, Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Turku, Finland.
          [8 ] Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
          [9 ] Department of Radiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
          [10 ] Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland7Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.
          [11 ] Department of Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
          [12 ] Department of Radiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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          Publisher Item ID: 2320315
          DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.6154
          PubMed ID: 26080338
          SO-VID: 6decae40-947c-4995-9996-8254ca6f1973
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