Abdominal Drainage After Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children: An Endless Controversy?

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 197-200

  Aneiros Castro, B ^a   Cano, I ^a   Garcia A ^a   Yuste, P ^a   Ferrero, E ^a   Gomez A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

abscess; Appendicitis; complications; drainage; laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 85045138656     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: 17997267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1457496918766696     Document Type: Article

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