Gangrenous appendicitis: No longer complicated

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 718-722

  Nordin, Andrew B ^a,b   Diefenbach, Karen ^a,c   Sales, Stephen P ^a   Christensen, Jeff ^a   Besner, Gail E ^a,c   Kenney, Brian D ^a,c  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex appendicitis; Gangrenous appendicitis; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 85058189013     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.10.064     Document Type: Article

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