Does use of intraoperative irrigation with open or laparoscopic appendectomy reduce post-operative intra-abdominal abscess?

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-80

  Moore, Christopher B ^a   Smith, R Stephen ^a   Herbertson, Robert ^a   Toevs, Christine ^a  

^a CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEROPERATIVE CARE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651371831     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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