Response to Letter to Editor

D Peter O'Leary¹, Arnold Hill^{1

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Comment

D Peter O'Leary et al. Ann Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 1;276(6):e1119-e1120.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005368. Epub 2022 Jan 11.

D Peter O'Leary¹, Arnold Hill^{1

2}

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest

Comment on: "A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Quality of Life of Antibiotic-only Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis: Results of the COMMA Trial".
Hu C, Zhang Z, Shi F, Zhang L, She J. Hu C, et al. Ann Surg. 2022 Dec 1;276(6):e1118-e1119. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005367. Epub 2022 Jan 11. Ann Surg. 2022. PMID: 35020678 No abstract available.

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