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Inflamed appendix,weeks of antibiotics,doctors decided not to remove everything looks fine. i didn't know that happened? i thought it'salways removed?
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Nope: Though many surgeons still believe that the best treatment for acute appendicitis is appendectomy, there are some situations where it is safer to treat nonoperatively. In some parts of the world, acute appendicitis is treated with antibiotics.
Answered 4/6/2015
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