Appendicitis in children less than 5 years old: Influence of age on presentation and outcome

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1031-1035

  Bansal, Samiksha ^a   Banever, Gregory T ^b   Karrer, Frederick M ^a   Partrick, David A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Children; Postoperative abscess

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871018853     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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