Early vs interval appendectomy for children with perforated appendicitis

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 660-665

  Blakely, Martin L ^a   Williams, Regan ^a   Dassinger, Melvin S ^b   Eubanks III, James W ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a   Huang, Eunice Y ^a   Paton, Elizabeth ^a   Culbreath, Barbara ^a   Hester, Allison ^b   Streck, Christian ^c   Hixson, S Douglas ^a   Langham Jr , Max R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY APPENDECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVAL APPENDECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959354860     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.6     Document Type: Article

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