Interval appendectomy for acute appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1056-1058

  Freitas, Michael S ^a   Glick, Philip L ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatric Surgical Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RECURRENCE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 65449172330     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.12.030     Document Type: Letter

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