Is interval appendicectomy justified after successful nonoperative treatment of an appendix mass in children? A systematic review

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 767-771

  Hall, Nigel J ^a,b   Jones, Ceri E ^a   Eaton, Simon ^b   Stanton, Michael P ^a   Burge, David M ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendix mass; Children; Interval appendicectomy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOID; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERVAL APPENDICECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79954521420     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.01.019     Document Type: Review

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