Success of Antibiotic Therapy vs Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children

Peter C. Minneci, MD, MHSc; Erinn M. Hade, PhD; Amy E. Lawrence, MD; Yuri V. Sebastião, PhD; Jacqueline M. Saito, MD; Grace Z. Mak, MD; Christa Fox, MSN; Ronald B. Hirschl, MD; Samir Gadepalli, MD, MBA; Michael A. Helmrath, MD; Jonathan E. Kohler, MD; Charles M. Leys, MD; Thomas T. Sato, MD; Dave R. Lal, MD; Matthew P. Landman, MD; Rashmi Kabre, MD; Mary E. Fallat, MD; Jennifer N. Cooper, PhD; Katherine J. Deans, MD, MHSc; for the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium