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imbg Профессор Эдвард Ливингстон из Техаского университета (Edward Livingston, GI/Endocrine Surgery at UT Southwestern) утверждает, что хирургическое удаление аппендицита - не единственный способ спасения больного. По результатам его исследований, как минимум часть больных успешно лечатся курсом антивирусных препаратов. Хочеться отметить, что несколько лет назад схожая работа - о том, что бактерии Helicobacter pylori вызывают язву желудка и ее можно лечить антибиотиками - была отмечена Нобелевской премией (2005 год). Подробнее о вирусной природе аппендицита - в релизе университета ниже и на видео (англ).
Virus Could Be Cause Of Appendicitis
UT Southwestern doctors have discovered that a virus may be the cause of appendicitis and are saying that the routine surgical procedure may not be the best way to get rid of it.
For years, an inflamed appendix has always been treated with surgery. But research done by Dr. Edward Livingston, Chief of GI/Endocrine Surgery at UT Southwestern, questions whether emergency surgery is necessary.
"We are proposing there are certain types of patients who don't need surgery," he said. "And we are about to embark on a clinical trial here to take patients who would otherwise get surgery and treat them with antibiotics alone and see how they do."
Livingston's idea is that an inflamed appendix may not lead to a ruptured one, and the virus to be blamed can be treated before it gets to that point.
Appendicitis afflicts about one in 10 people during their lifetime. The condition occurs when the appendix becomes obstructed, but doctors are unsure why. Dr. Livingston and other UT Southwestern researchers in 1995 identified an unexpected rise in appendicitis cases, reversing a downward trend throughout the previous 25 years.
Virus Could Be Cause Of Appendicitis
UT Southwestern doctors have discovered that a virus may be the cause of appendicitis and are saying that the routine surgical procedure may not be the best way to get rid of it.
For years, an inflamed appendix has always been treated with surgery. But research done by Dr. Edward Livingston, Chief of GI/Endocrine Surgery at UT Southwestern, questions whether emergency surgery is necessary.
"We are proposing there are certain types of patients who don't need surgery," he said. "And we are about to embark on a clinical trial here to take patients who would otherwise get surgery and treat them with antibiotics alone and see how they do."
Livingston's idea is that an inflamed appendix may not lead to a ruptured one, and the virus to be blamed can be treated before it gets to that point.
Appendicitis afflicts about one in 10 people during their lifetime. The condition occurs when the appendix becomes obstructed, but doctors are unsure why. Dr. Livingston and other UT Southwestern researchers in 1995 identified an unexpected rise in appendicitis cases, reversing a downward trend throughout the previous 25 years.
