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After earning my MD, thereafter working as a Lecturer in Medicine, I chose to work in a village where I did my schooling.
With a view to save the encumbrance of surgery, its cost, trauma, risk and experience, I thought of treating acute appendicitis with antibiotics. One case after another, people got relief and during past 30 years none of the conservatively managed had a recurrence of appendicitis. I was happy all this while that I could save the people in and around my village of hardships of the surgery. Now I am at peace that what I did is found at least non inferior by some authoritative people!
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06 October 2020
Arvind Joshi
Founder Convener and President Our Own Discussion Group, Consultant Physician.
Re: Antibiotics are as good as surgery for appendicitis, study reports
Dear Editor,
After earning my MD, thereafter working as a Lecturer in Medicine, I chose to work in a village where I did my schooling.
With a view to save the encumbrance of surgery, its cost, trauma, risk and experience, I thought of treating acute appendicitis with antibiotics. One case after another, people got relief and during past 30 years none of the conservatively managed had a recurrence of appendicitis. I was happy all this while that I could save the people in and around my village of hardships of the surgery. Now I am at peace that what I did is found at least non inferior by some authoritative people!
Competing interests: No competing interests