Common surgery among children unneeded in 75% of cases

            
A surgery to treat appendicitis in children is unnecessary in more than 75% of cases according to researchers at Southampton, UK’s university hospital system. In a study of 102 children aged 15 to 17 years old, only 12% of patients developed recurrent appendicitis which required surgery. Between 2011 and 2014, 50 patients were assigned to a delayed appendectomy and 52 were actively observed without surgery. Over the course of the study, more than three-fourths of the children avoided the surgery following non-operative medical management. Pediatric surgeon, Nigel Hall, adopted a wait-and-see approach by holding off on surgery for those who had recurring symptoms which resulted in fewer days in the hospital and away from normal activity. Parents and children should consider all options including non-operative alternatives for appendicitis before proceeding with surgery.


Since I don’t have twitter, I would opt to promote this article/study on Facebook. I would share the link and article along with a status update roughly saying: “Parents may want to think twice before having their child subjected to a common surgery deemed unnecessary by researchers.”

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