Advantages of abandoning abdominal cavity irrigation and drainage in operations performed on children with perforated appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1886-1890

  Akkoyun, Ibrahim ^a   Taş Tuna, Ayça ^a  

^a Section of Radiology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Drainage; Irrigation; Perforated appendicitis; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867560644     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.03.049     Document Type: Article

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