A member asked:

I have an umbilical fistula &need to decide to take antibiotics to see if it heals or do surgery now to remove. one doc says surgery the other to wait?

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Dr. Hasan Khondker answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Surgery: is usually a last resort..I would give the antibiotics a chance to work first

Answered 11/23/2014

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