The utility of peritoneal drains in patients with perforated appendicitis

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Beek, Martinus A ^a   Jansen, Tim S ^a   Raats, Jelle W ^a   Twiss, Eric L L ^b   Gobardhan, Paul D ^a   van Rhede van der Kloot, Eric J H ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Perforated appendicitis; Peritoneal drain; Peritoneal drainage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938083909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1154-9     Document Type: Article

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