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ArticleBJS open2026

Outpatient non-operative treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: meta-analysis.

Mauro Podda, Adolfo Pisanu, Fausto Catena, Marco Ceresoli

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Article in BJS open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mauro PoddaDepartment of Surgical Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9941-0883
Adolfo PisanuDepartment of Surgical Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Fausto CatenaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Marco CeresoliSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7935-3842

Funding

University of Cagliari
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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antibiotic therapyconservative treatmentoutpatient managementsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID42720535
PMCPMC13560070

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