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Digestive & GastrointestinalSevere
Appendicitis
General Surgery · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Common — affects roughly 7-8% of people at some point in their lifetime, most frequently between ages 10 and 30
Prevalence
No
Contagious
General Surgery
Specialist
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Surgical removal of the appendix
- 2known as appendectomy
- 3performed either laparoscopically or through open surgery
- 4remains the standard treatment and is typically curative. In select uncomplicated cases
- 5a course of intravenous antibiotics may be used as an alternative
- 6though surgery is generally preferred to prevent recurrence and rupture. Emergency surgery combined with antibiotics is required if the appendix has already ruptured.
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