The impact of disease severity, age and surgical approach on the outcome of acute appendicitis in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 339-345

  van den Boom, A L ^a,b   Gorter, R R ^c   van Haard, P M M ^b   Doornebosch, P G ^a   Heij, H A ^c   Dawson, I ^a  

^a IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Complications; Intra abdominal abscess; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Open appendectomy; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925498299     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-015-3677-0     Document Type: Article

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