The outcome of antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated appendicitis with diameters ≤ 10 mm

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 897-900

  Park, Hyoung Chul ^a   Kim, Min Jeong ^a   Lee, Bong Hwa ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Appendectomy; Appendiceal diameter; Uncomplicated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL DIAMETER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCOMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923177117     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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