Appendicitis in children: A ten-year update of therapeutic recommendations

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-242

  Emil, Sherif ^a,b   Laberge, Jean Martin ^a   Mikhail, Peter ^a   Baican, Livia ^a   Flageole, Helene ^a   Nguyen, Luong ^a   Shaw, Kenneth ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Complications; Outcomes; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037308750     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50052     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Schwartz MZ, Tapper D, Solenberger RI: Management of perforated appendicitis in children. Ann Surg 197:407-411, 1982
2. Bennion RS, Thompson JE: Early appendectomy for perforated appendicitis in children should not be abandoned. Surg Gynecol Obstet 165:95-100, 1987
3. Neilson IR, Laberge JM, Nguyen LT, et al: Appendicitis in children: Current therapeutic recommendations. J Pediatr Surg 25: 1113-1116, 1990
4. Lund DP, Murphy EU: Management of perforated appendicitis in children: A decade of aggressive treatment. J Pediatr Surg 29:1130-1134, 1994
5. Stovroff MC, Totten M, Glick PL: PIC lines save money and hasten discharge in the care of children with ruptured appendicitis. J Pediatr Surg 29:245-247, 1994
6. Pearl RH, Hale DA, Molloy M, et al: Pediatric appendectomy. J Pediatr Surg 30:173-181, 1995
7. Keller MS, McBride WJ, Vane DW: Management of complicated appendicitis. Arch Surg 131:261-264, 1996
8. Warner BW, Kulick RM, Stoops MM, et al: An evidence-based clinical pathway for acute appendicitis decreases hospital duration and cost. J Pediatr Surg 33:1371-1375, 1998
9. Fishman SJ, Pelosi L, Klavon SL, et al: Perforated appendicitis: Prospective outcome analysis for 150 children. J Pediatr Surg 35:923-926, 2000
10. Soderquist-Elinder C, Hirsch K, Bergdahl S, et al: Prophylactic antibiotics in uncomplicated appendicitis during childhood - A prospective randomised study. Eur J Pediatr Surg 5:282-285, 1995
11. Kizilcan F, Tanyel FC, Buyukpamukcu N, et al: The necessity of prophylactic antibiotics in uncomplicated appendicitis during childhood. J Pediatr Surg 27:586-588, 1992
12. Tonz M, Schmid P, Kaiser G: Antibiotic prophylaxis for appendectomy in children: Critical appraisal. World J Surg 24:995-998, 2000
13. Gorecki WJ, Grochowski JA: Are antibiotics necessary in non-perforated appendicitis in children? A double blind randomized controlled trial. Med Sci Monit 7:289-292, 2001
14. Schropp KP, Kaplan S, Golladay ES, et al: A randomized clinical trial of ampicillin, gentamicin, and clindamycin versus cefotaxime and clindamycin in children with ruptured appendicitis. Surg Gynecol Obstet 172:351-356, 1991
15. Meller JL, Reyes HM, Loeff DS, et al: One-drug versus two-drug antibiotic therapy in pediatric perforated appendicitis: A prospective randomized study. Surgery 110:764-768, 1991
16. Sirinek KR, Levine BA: A randomized trial of ticarcillin and clavulanate versus gentamicin and clindamycin in patients with complicated appendicitis. Surg Gynecol Obstet 172:30-35, 1991 (suppl)
17. Hoelzer DJ, Zabel DA, Zern JT: Determining duration of antibiotic use in children with complicated appendicitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 18:979-982, 1999
18. Weiner DJ, Katz A, Hirschl RB, et al: Interval appendectomy in perforated appendicitis. Pediatr Surg Int 10:82-85, 1995
19. Bufo AJ, Shah RS, Li MH, et al: Interval appendectomy for perforated appendicitis in children. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech 8:209-214, 1998
20. Kogut KA, Blakely ML, Schropp KP, et al: The association of elevated percent bands on admission with failure and complications of interval appendectomy. J Pediatr Surg 36:165-168, 2001
21. El Ghoneimi A, Valla JS, Limonne B, et al: Laparoscopic appendectomy in children: Report of 1,379 cases. J Pediatr Surg 29:786-789, 1994
22. Foulds KA, Beasley SW, Maoate K: The effect of availability of laparoscopic techniques on the treatment of appendicitis in children. Pediatr Surg Int 16:490-492, 2000
23. Lintula H, Kokki H, Vanamo K: Single-blind randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy in children. Br J Surg 88:510-514, 2001
24. Curran TJ, Muenchow SK: The treatment of complicated appendicitis in children using peritoneal drainage: Results from a public hospital. J Pediatr Surg 28:204-208, 1993
25. Johnson DA, Kosloske AM, Macarthur C: Perforated appendicitis in children: To drain or not to drain? Pediatr Surg Int 8:402-405, 1993
26. Kokoska ER, Silen ML, Tracy TF, et al: Perforated appendicitis in children: Risk factors for the development of complications. Surgery 124:619-626, 1998
27. Surana R, Puri P: Primary wound closure after perforated appendicitis in children. Br J Surg 81:440, 1994
28. Serour F, Efrati Y, Klin B, et al: Subcuticular skin closure as a standard approach to emergency appendectomy in children: Prospective clinical trial. World J Surg 20:38-42, 1996
29. Anderson KD, Parry RL: Appendicitis, in O'Neill JA, Rowe MI, Grosfeld JL, et al (eds): Pediatric Surgery, St Louis, MO, Mosby, 1998, pp 1369-1379
30. Mosdell DM, Morris DM, Fry DE: Peritoneal cultures and antibiotic therapy in pediatric perforated appendicitis. Am J Surg 167:313-316, 1994
31. Kokoska ER, Silen ML, Tracy TF, et al: The impact of intra-operative culture on treatment and outcome in children with perforated appendicitis. J Pediatr Surg 34:749-753, 1999
32. Gorenstein A, Gewurtz G, Serour F, et al: Postappendectomy intra-abdominal abscess: A therapeutic approach. Arch Dis Child 70:400-402, 1994
33. Okoye BO, Rampersad B, Marantos A, et al: Abscess after appendicectomy in children: The role of conservative management. Br J Surg 85:1111-1113, 1998