APPENDICITIS COMPLICATED BY HEPATIC ABSCESSES
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Aggressive approach to complicated appendicitis in children
Objective(s): Appendicitis remains the most common condition in the pediatric population requiring emergency abdominal operation. Management of acute simple appendicitis is well described but controversy remains as to the optimal treatment of complicated appendicitis. Common complications of acute appendicitis include: localized peritonitis and abscess formation, flegmon and general perito...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1908
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.2472.1164