TY  - JOUR
T1  - EArly vs interval appendectomy for children with perforated appendicitis
AU  - Blakely ML, Williams R, Dassinger MS, et al
Y1  - 2011/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.6
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 660
EP  - 665
VL  - 146
IS  - 6
N2  - 
Appendicitis is the most common gastrointestinal condition that requires urgent surgical treatment in children in the United States.1 Approximately 30% of these patients present with perforated appendicitis.2 The universally accepted treatment of acute, nonperforated appendicitis is urgent appendectomy.3 The optimal treatment of perforated appendicitis, however, is controversial.4- 5 There are 2 commonly used surgical treatment options for children with perforated appendicitis: early appendectomy and interval appendectomy. There has not been an adequately powered randomized trial to compare these 2 treatment strategies.6

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.6
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2011.6
ER  -