Are there reliable indicators predicting post-operative complications in acute appendicitis?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1189-1193

  Obayashi, Juma ^a   Ohyama, Kei ^a   Manabe, Shutaro ^a   Tanaka, Kunihide ^a   Nagae, Hideki ^a   Shima, Hideki ^a   Furuta, Shigeyuki ^a   Wakisaka, Munechika ^a   Kawase, Hirokazu ^a   Kitagawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal abscess; Acute appendicitis; Complication; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84947030296     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-015-3786-9     Document Type: Article

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