Appendicolith appendicitis: should we be operating sooner? A retrospective cohort study.

Adnan G TaibA KlerM PrayleD KanakalingamM FaniP Asaad

Published in: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2023)

Patients with an appendicolith appendicitis should be considered for an early appendicectomy. Future large-scale multicentre prospective studies are required to explore this further, perhaps informing future guidelines.

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current status
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