Abdominal Drainage at Appendectomy for Complicated Appendicitis in Children: A Propensity-matched Comparative Study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2021, Pages E599-E604

  Fujishiro, Jun ^a,b   Fujiogi, Michimasa ^a,b   Hirahara, Norimichi ^b,c   Terui, Keita ^b   Okamoto, Tatsuya ^b   Watanabe, Eiichiro ^a,b   Ishimaru, Tetsuya ^a   Miyata, Hiroaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

children; complicated appendicitis; complication; drainage; nationwide study; propensity matched analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN SURGERY; PEDIATRIC PATIENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADVERSE EVENT; COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85081716500     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003804     Document Type: Article

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