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Fewer antibiotics, better outcomes for complicated appendectomy patients?: With acute appendicitis ranking among the nation's
Fewer antibiotics, better outcomes for complicated appendectomy patients?: With acute appendicitis ranking among the nation's most common acute surgical emergencies, researchers studied the relatively routine use of post-operative antibiotics in complicated cases and found that they didn't reduce infections after surgery. They also found that patients who received post-operative antibiotics remained in the hospital up to one day longer than similar patients who had not received antibiotics.
Source: medicalxpress.com
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