Irrigation versus suction alone during laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: A prospective randomized trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 581-585

  St Peter, Shawn D ^a   Adibe, Obinna O ^a   Iqbal, Corey W ^a   Fike, Frankie B ^a   Sharp, Susan W ^a   Juang, David ^a   Lanning, David ^a   Murphy, J Patrick ^a   Andrews, Walter S ^a   Sharp, Ronald J ^a   Snyder, Charles L ^a   Holcomb, George W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

irrigation; laparoscopic appendectomy; perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866560701     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826a91e5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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