People who suffer from acute appendicitis may be successfully treated with antibiotics and do not have to undergo surgical operation to remove their inflamed appendix, researchers of a new study have reported.
In the United States alone, there are about 300,000 appendix removal operations performed each year. Figures from The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases also show that more than 5 percent of the population develops appendicitis at some point. Anyone can develop appendicitis, but it most commonly occurs in individuals who are in their teens and twenties.
Turku University Hospital surgeon Paulina Salminen, however, said that most cases of appendicitis are not complicated, which means that the organ has not ruptured. These cases can be treated with antibiotics. An operation only becomes necessary once the appendix looks like it may burst immediately.
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