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Antibiotics may be a better alternative to surgery for treating appendicitis, according to doctors at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
Infected and inflamed appendixes are removed before they burst and cause a potentially deadly infection.
The doctors' analysis of previous research published on the BMJ website concluded that giving antibiotics was an "effective and safe" alternative.
Other doctors cautioned that drug treatment risked the illness returning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17611098
Infected and inflamed appendixes are removed before they burst and cause a potentially deadly infection.
The doctors' analysis of previous research published on the BMJ website concluded that giving antibiotics was an "effective and safe" alternative.
Other doctors cautioned that drug treatment risked the illness returning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17611098