Non-operative treatment of acute appendicitis in children: clinical efficacy of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid in a retrospective single-centre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The success rate of non-operative treatment (NOT) of acute uncomplicated appendicitis (AUA) in children varies from 65% to 95%. There are no recommendations on the appropriate antibiotic therapy.

Objective

To determine the clinical efficacy of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid for NOT of AUA in children.

Methods

Design: Cross-sectional study in a single medical centre.

Settings

Emergency department and Paediatric Visceral Surgery department of the Children Hospital in Toulouse, France.

Patients

Patients 5-15 years old who were diagnosed with appendicitis, (1) With abdominal pain and a first episode of acute appendicitis, (2) With no radiological or ultrasound evidence of appendicolith, appendiceal perforation, pelvic abscess nor peritonitis, and (3)

SUBMITTER: Picard C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10551930 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature