Appendiceal fecalith is associated with early perforation in pediatric patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 889-892

  Alaedeen, Diya I ^a   Cook, Marc ^a   Chwals, Walter J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal perforation; Appendicitis; Appendicolith; Fecalith

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL FECALITH; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH RADIOGRAPHY;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OHIO;

EID: 43449139147     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.034     Document Type: Article

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