Editorial

The Appendicitis Gamble—To Cut or to Keep

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2025.26612

January 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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Corresponding Author: Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401 (anthony.charles@uvmhealth.org).

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