Laparoscopic surgery or conservative treatment for appendiceal abscess in adults? A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-242

  Mentula, Panu ^a   Sammalkorpi, Henna ^a   Leppäniemi, Ari ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

abdominal abscess; appendicitis; drainage; laparoscopy; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARALLEL DESIGN; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; DRAINAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938226983     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001200     Document Type: Article

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