Water permeability is a measure of severity in acute appendicitis

• Glavni autori: Nicola Pini (Autor), Viktoria A. Pfeifle (Autor), Urs Kym (Autor), Simone Keck (Autor), Virginie Galati (Autor), Stefan Holland-Cunz (Autor), Stephanie J. Gros (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for pediatric abdominal emergency surgery. Determination of the severity of appendicitis on clinical grounds is challenging. Complicated appendicitis presenting with perforation, abscess or diffuse peritonitis is not uncommon. The question remains why...