Wound management in perforated appendicitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 439-443

  Lemieur, Timothy P ^a   Rodriguez, Jorge L ^a   Jacobs, Donald M ^a   Bennett, Mary Ellen ^a   West, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032948909     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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