Questioning the Higher Abscess Rate and Overall Cost of Care Associated With Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis-Reply

Affiliations

¹ Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education (S-SPIRE) Center, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Comment

Lindsay A Sceats et al. JAMA Surg. 2019.

. 2019 Aug 1;154(8):784-785.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1162.

¹ Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education (S-SPIRE) Center, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

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Comment on

Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis Among Privately Insured Patients.
Sceats LA, Trickey AW, Morris AM, Kin C, Staudenmayer KL. Sceats LA, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 Feb 1;154(2):141-149. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.4282. JAMA Surg. 2019. PMID: 30427983 Free PMC article.
Questioning the Higher Abscess Rate and Overall Cost of Care Associated With Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis.
Salminen P, Grönroos J. Salminen P, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 Aug 1;154(8):784. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1161. JAMA Surg. 2019. PMID: 31090883 No abstract available.