Comparison of rate of surgical wound infection, length of hospital stay and patient convenience in complicated appendicitis between primary closure and delayed primary closure

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 596-598

  Khan, Khizar Ishtiaque ^a   Mahmood, Shahid ^a   Akmal, Muhammad ^b   Waqas, Ahmed ^a  

^a Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Delayed primary closure; Primary closure

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DELAYED PRIMARY CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY CLOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861475438     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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