Intraluminal appendiceal fluid is a predictive factor for recurrent appendicitis after initial successful non-operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis in pediatric patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1116-1121

  Koike, Yuhki ^a,b   Uchida, Keiichi ^b   Matsushita, Kohei ^a   Otake, Kohei ^b   Nakazawa, Makoto ^a   Inoue, Mikihiro ^b   Kusunoki, Masato ^b   Tsukamoto, Yoshihide ^a  

^a MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraluminal appendiceal fluid; Pediatric; Predictive factor; Recurrent appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRALUMINAL APPENDICEAL UID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; BODY FLUID; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BODY FLUIDS; CEFOPERAZONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84902977629     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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