Resource utilization and outcomes from percutaneous drainage and interval appendectomy for perforated appendicitis with abscess

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 977-980

  Keckler, Scott J ^a   Tsao, Kuojen ^a   Sharp, Susan W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Appendicitis; Drainage; Interval appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX ABSCESS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLADDER PERFORATION; BUTTOCK ABSCESS; CHILD; COLON PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; THIGH ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44949216718     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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