Image-guided drainage of multiple intraabdominal abscesses in children with perforated appendicitis: An alternative to laparotomy

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 661-668

  McCann, Jeffrey W ^a   Maroo, Sanjay ^a,b   Wales, Paul ^a   Amaral, Joao G ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ganesh ^a   Parra, Dimitri ^a   Temple, Michael ^a   John, Philip ^a   Connolly, Bairbre L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Aspiration; Children; Drainage

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 43149118559     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0816-y     Document Type: Article

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