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In this episode, Lillian Erdahl, MD, FACS, is joined by Peter C Minneci, MD, FACS, MHSc, from the Department of Surgery, Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware Valley. They discuss Dr Minneci’s recent article, “Cost-Effectiveness of Nonoperative Management vs Upfront Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pediatric Uncomplicated Appendicitis Over 1 Year,” in which the authors found that cost-effectiveness of management of pediatric appendicitis is sensitive to changes in utilities achieved by nonoperative management. Further studies should investigate reasons for treatment failure and the importance of shared decision-making in choosing treatment.
Disclosure Information: Drs Erdahl and Minneci have nothing to disclose. This research was funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI ID CER-1507-31325) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (grant UL1TR001070).
Gil, Lindsay A MD, MPH; Asti, Lindsey MPH, PhD; Chen, Huey-Fen MHA, PhD; Saito, Jacqueline M MD, FACS, MSCI, MBA; Pattisapu, Prasanth MD, MPH; Deans, Katherine J MD, FACS, MHSc; Minneci, Peter C MD, FACS, MHSc; for the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium. Cost-Effectiveness of Nonoperative Management vs Upfront Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pediatric Uncomplicated Appendicitis for 1 Year. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 240(3):p 288-298, March 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001232
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In this episode, Lillian Erdahl, MD, FACS, is joined by Peter C Minneci, MD, FACS, MHSc, from the Department of Surgery, Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware Valley. They discuss Dr Minneci’s recent article, “Cost-Effectiveness of Nonoperative Management vs Upfront Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pediatric Uncomplicated Appendicitis Over 1 Year,” in which the authors found that cost-effectiveness of management of pediatric appendicitis is sensitive to changes in utilities achieved by nonoperative management. Further studies should investigate reasons for treatment failure and the importance of shared decision-making in choosing treatment.
Disclosure Information: Drs Erdahl and Minneci have nothing to disclose. This research was funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI ID CER-1507-31325) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (grant UL1TR001070).
Gil, Lindsay A MD, MPH; Asti, Lindsey MPH, PhD; Chen, Huey-Fen MHA, PhD; Saito, Jacqueline M MD, FACS, MSCI, MBA; Pattisapu, Prasanth MD, MPH; Deans, Katherine J MD, FACS, MHSc; Minneci, Peter C MD, FACS, MHSc; for the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium. Cost-Effectiveness of Nonoperative Management vs Upfront Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pediatric Uncomplicated Appendicitis for 1 Year. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 240(3):p 288-298, March 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001232

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