Three-year follow-up of antibiotics versus placebo in adults with CT-confirmed uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a secondary analysis of the APPAC III randomized clinical trial

Journal Article Three-year follow-up of antibiotics versus placebo in adults with CT-confirmed uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a secondary analysis of the APPAC III randomized clinical trial Get access Sami Sula, Sami Sula Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, FinlandDepartment of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4637-6145 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Suvi Sippola, Suvi Sippola Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, FinlandDepartment of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jussi Haijanen, Jussi Haijanen Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, FinlandDepartment of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Saija Hurme, Saija Hurme Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Pia Nordström, Pia Nordström Division of Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Tero Rautio, Tero Rautio Department of Digestive Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ville Sallinen, Ville Sallinen Gastroenterological Surgery/Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paulina Salminen Paulina Salminen Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, FinlandDepartment of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Correspondence to: Paulina Salminen, Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, P.O. Box 52, Turku 20520, Finland (e-mail: [email protected]) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6435-9264 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar British Journal of Surgery, Volume 112, Issue 3, March 2025, znaf016, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf016 Published: 11 March 2025 Article history Received: 23 November 2024 Revision received: 29 November 2024 Accepted: 06 January 2025 Published: 11 March 2025