The effects of irrigation on outcomes in cases of perforated appendicitis in children

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-225

  Hartwich, Joseph E ^a   Carter, Richard F ^a   Wolfe, Luke ^a   Goretsky, Michael ^b   Heath, Kirk ^b   St Peter, Shawn D ^c   Lanning, David A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Pediatric; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTRAABDOMINAL IRRIGATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875227691     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.04.043     Document Type: Article

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