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Author: @Natalie04823219
Type: #MedEd
Specialty: #Pediatrics #Peds #Surgery #GenSurg
Topics: #PyloricStenosis #InfantileHypertrophicPyloricStenosis
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Can cute tiny babies with Pyloric Stenosis be spared from surgery?
Pyloromyotomy has been the gold standard treatment and cure for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
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MedTweetorial: #Tweetorial
Author: @ShaleenVasavada
Type: #Publication
Specialty: #Surgery #GenSurg
Topics: #Appendicitis #Apendicolith #Appendectomy #NEJM #AntibioticsOnlyinAppendicitis
(1/4) Q: Are antibiotics non-inferior to surgery for appendicitis?
A: nonblinded, noninferiority, randomized trial comparing antibiotic therapy (10-day course) with appendectomy in 1552 patients with appendicitis.