Treatment strategy when using intraoperative peritoneal lavage for perforated appendicitis in children: A preliminary report

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 534-537

  Ohno, Yasuharu ^a   Furui, Junichiro ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Intraoperative peritoneal lavage; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 4544354946     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1210-y     Document Type: Article

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