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Original Source: Antibiotic Therapy Versus Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate that antibiotic therapy is as safe and effective as appendectomy for the treatment of acute non complicated appendicitis. Two hundred fifty patients will be included in a prospective multicentric randomized trial. The primary endpoint is the rate of intra abdominal infections in both therapeutic strategies. Other criteria will be studied including duration of hospital stay and absence from work during a follow up period of one year,...
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Surgery is superior to radiotherapy in men with localized PCa
Surgery offers better survival benefit for men with localized prostate cancer, according to a large observational study.
Localized Prostate Cancer: Removal No Better Than Observation, Study
A large study that followed men across the US diagnosed with localized prostate cancer for over 10 years found they lived just as long whether they had surgery to remove the prostate or underwent obs...
Gastrointestinal perforation rare in rheumatoid arthritis
(HealthDay) -- Gastrointestinal (GI) perforation is a rare but serious condition that affects patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), most frequently in the lower GI tract, according to a study publi...
Bowel Perforation, Iliac Artery Erosion After Spinal Surgery
A patient presents with late perforation of the large bowel along with erosion of the iliac artery after receiving a spinal implant. Could this complication have been avoided? Spine
Surgery Bests Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Surgery offers superior survival benefit than radiotherapy for men with localized prostate cancer, according to a large observational study.
Surgery Beats Radiation in Localized PC? Not so Fast…
Dr. Gerald Chodak discusses the limitations of a new study that's being used to promote surgery over radiation in localized prostate cancer. Medscape Urology
Treating Localized Prostate CA Causes Functional Declines
A new study examines the long-term effects of treating localized prostate cancer, and clinicians need to inform patients of these outcomes, says Dr. Gerald Chodak. Medscape Urology
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Gastrointestinal perforations remain the most common cause of surgical pneumoperitoneum since time immemorial. The aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of plain radiography in diagnosin...
Endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage (ERBD) is useful for the palliative decompression of biliary obstruction. However, the complications of ERBD include cholangitis, hemorrhage, acute pancreatitis,...
AIM: To present the gastrointestinal (GI) complications associated with bevacizumab therapy and their findings on abdominal imaging studies. METHODS: A computerized search identified 11 patients with...
Perforation is a major complication of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC). However, there have been no reports on delayed perforation after ESD for EGC. We aimed to...
Intra-abdominal inflammation and perforation.
Abdominal pain combined with fever and elevated white blood count as well as c-reactive protein are the main features of any intra-abdominal inflammation or perforation. Since these pathologies are co...
