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Irda
Irdaover 6 years ago
After century of removing appendixes, docs find antibiotics can be enough -- nearly two-thirds of the patients didn't require surgery in the follow-up time of 5 years

After century of removing appendixes, docs find antibiotics can be enough -- nearly two-thirds of the patients didn't require surgery in the follow-up time of 5 years

After more than a century of slicing tiny, inflamed organs from people’s guts, doctors have found that surgery may not be necessary after all—a simple course of antibiotics can be just as effective at treating appendicitis as going under the knife. Read full article...

Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/after-century-of-removing-appendixes-docs-find-antibiotics-can-be-enough/
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over 6 years ago

Wow😄

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