Perforated appendicitis presenting as appendicoumbilical fistula

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 286-288

  Killelea, Brigid K ^a   Arkovitz, Marc S ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendicoumbilical fistula; Complicated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COLON MUCOSA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; STOMACH FISTULA; UMBILICUS;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; COLECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UMBILICUS;

EID: 33644974584     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1561-z     Document Type: Article

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