Can interval appendectomy be justified following conservative treatment of perforated acute appendicitis?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-94

  Lugo, Joannele Z ^a   Avgerinos, Dimitrios V ^a   Lefkowitz, Amanda J ^a   Seigerman, Matthew E ^a   Zahir, Ismail S ^a   Lo, Andrew Y ^a   Surick, Burton ^a   Leitman, I Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute appendicitis; chronic appendicitis; interval appendectomy; nonoperative management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77958108549     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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