Perforated appendix with abscess: Immediate or interval appendectomy? Some examples to explain our choice
•There are no clear guidelines in the treatment of a perforated appendicitis associated with localized abscess.•Our team’s therapeutic choice, also with presence of coprolith, is the initial conservative case management followed by a routine interval appendectomy.•Interval appendectomy should be per...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485681/ |