IMPACT OF THE APPENDICEAL POSITION ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS

• Main Authors: Belén Aneiros Castro (Author), Indalecio Can Novillo (Author), Araceli García Vázquez (Author), Pedro Yuste Garcia (Author), Eduardo Ferrero Herrero (Author), Andrés Gómez Fraile (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate how symptoms vary according to the appendiceal position in pediatric patients and to demonstrate that the laparoscopic approach is safe and effective in any appendiceal location by comparing each location to another. Methods: The medical records of 1,736 children a...