Appendicectomy for Uncomplicated Simple Appendicitis: Is It Always Required?

Table 4

Outcomes of conservative antibiotic treatment of simple and uncomplicated appendicitis.

Overall outcomes	Outcomes of conservative antibiotics treatment
		Success	Initial failure	Recurrence
		138 (88.5%)	11 (7%)	7 (4.5%)
According to sex	Male	75 (93.75%)	4 (5%)	5 (6.25%)
	Female	63 (82.9%)	7 (9.2%)	2 (2.6%)
According to age (years)	≤20	26 (89.7%)	2 (6.9%)	1 (3.4%)
	21–30	40 (88.9%)	3(6.7%)	2 (4.4%)
	31–40	51 (87.9%)	4 (6.9%)	3 (5.2%)
	41–50	12 (85.8%)	1 (7.1%)	1(7.1%)
	51–60	9 (90%)	1 (10%)	0 (0%)
According to duration of symptoms (hours)	≤24	85 (96.6%)	2 (2.3%)	1 (1.1%)
	24–48	38 (84.4%)	4 (8.9%)	3 (6.7%)
	48–72	15 (65.2%)	5 (21.7%)	3 (13.1%)