Vigorous wound irrigation followed by subcuticular skin closure in children with perforated appendicitis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-323

  Sookpotarom, Paiboon ^a,b   Khampiwmar, Wasana ^a   Termwattanaphakdee, Tanapron ^a  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Perforated appendicitis; Wound infection; Wound irrigation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CHILD; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEGMON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951891109     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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