1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, The David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
2 Nemours Surgical Outcomes Center and Department of Surgery, Nemours Children's Health-Delaware Valley, Willington.
This Viewpoint discusses the pros and cons of performing interval appendectomy in patients who have recovered from successful antibiotic treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis.