Postoperative Outcomes of Patients with Nonperforated Gangrenous Appendicitis: A National Multicenter Prospective Cohort Analysis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1363-1370

  De Wijkerslooth, Elisabeth M L ^a   De Jonge, Joske ^b   Van Den Boom, Anne Loes ^a   Van Geloven, Anna A W ^b   Bemelman, Willem A ^c   Wijnhoven, Bas P L ^a   Van Rossem, Charles C ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Classification; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADVERSE EVENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDIX; CELLULITIS; GANGRENE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CELLULITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85073103992     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001466     Document Type: Article

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