Pediatric surgeon vs general surgeon: Does subspecialty training affect the outcome of appendicitis?

Pediatrics International

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-253

  Da Silva, Paulo Sérgio Lucas ^a   De Aguiar, Vânia Euzébio ^a   Waisberg, Jaques ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

appendectomy; child; general surgery; outcome; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACCREDITATION; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGEON; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; APPENDICITIS; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898814358     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12208     Document Type: Article

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