Open AccessDeterminants of postoperative abscess occurrence and percutaneous drainage in children with perforated appendicitis
Author(s) -
Sherif Emil,
Sherif Elkady,
Layla Shbat,
Fouad Youssef,
Robert Baird,
JeanMartin Laberge,
Pramod Puligandla,
Kenneth Shaw
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric surgery international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.659
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1437-9813
pISSN - 0179-0358
DOI - 10.1007/s00383-014-3617-4
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , percutaneous , surgery , drainage , pediatric surgery , appendicitis , ecology , biology
Postoperative abscesses after perforated appendicitis have no clear risk factors or indications for percutaneous drainage. Our study addressed these two issues.
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