In-hospital Surgical Delay Does Not Increase the Risk for Perforated Appendicitis in Children: A Single-center Retrospective Cohort Study

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation between in-hospital surgical delay before appendectomy for suspected appendicitis and the finding of perforated appendicitis in children. METHODS:All children undergoing acute appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis at Karolinska University Hospital, St...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of surgery 2017-03, Vol.265 (3), p.616-621
Hauptverfasser: Almström, Markus, Svensson, Jan F, Patkova, Barbora, Svenningsson, Anna, Wester, Tomas
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Sprache:eng
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