Is peritoneal drainage necessary in childhood perforated appendicitis?-A comparative study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1864-1868

  Narci, Adnan ^a   Karaman, Ibrahim ^a   Karaman, Ayşe ^a   Erdoǧan, Derya ^a   Çavuşoǧlu, Yusuf Hakan ^a   Aslan, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Çakmak, Özden ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Intraabdominal abscess; Perforated appendicitis; Peritoneal drainage; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048949321     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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