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The use of antibiotics alone in the treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis has been controversial. The present report is based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing studies that compared antibiotics treatment to appendectomy in patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis.A Medline search was performed for studies published between 1970 and 2009. Studies were selected based...
Isosulfan Blue dye (BD) allergic drug reactions (ADR) occur in up to 2% of patients undergoing SLN biopsy (SLNB). We sought to determine if BD enhances the performance of SLNB such that this risk is justified.A retrospective review of 392 breast cancer patients undergoing SLNB between 8/99 and 8/04 was performed; 208 patients had radioisotope (ISO) alone, 167 had ISO+BD. Total SLN and positive SLN...
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