Is abdominal drainage after open emergency appendectomy for complicated appendicitis beneficial or waste of money? A single centre retrospective cohort study

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue , 2018, Pages 168-172

  Abdulhamid, Ahmed Kamel ^a   Sarker, Shah Jalal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERBALA   (Iraq)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal drain; Appendicitis; Complicated; Intra peritoneal abscess; Open appendectomy; Perforated; Post operative complications; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; OPEN SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85056730027     PISSN: 20490801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.10.040     Document Type: Article

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