Role of drains in laparoscopic appendectomy for complicated appendicitis at a busy county hospital

American Surgeon

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1078-1081

  Pakula, Andrea M ^a   Skinner, Ruby ^a   Jones, Amber ^a   Chung, Ray ^a   Martin, Maureen ^a  

^a KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDICOLITH; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGRENOUS APPENDICITIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; JACKSON PRATT DRAIN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SUCTION DRAIN; SUCTION DRAINAGE; ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DRAINAGE; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921396931     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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