Long-term outcomes of operative versus nonoperative treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1893-1897

  Tanaka, Yujiro ^a   Uchida, Hiroo ^b   Kawashima, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiogi, Michimasa ^a   Takazawa, Shinya ^a,c   Deie, Kyoichi ^a,c   Amano, Hizuru ^a  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonoperative; Recurrence; Satisfaction; Uncomplicated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCOMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84953366107     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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