… least 3 days with gangrenous appendicitis, and at least 5 days with perforated appendicitis.
… primary closure in children can be accomplished in all cases of appendicitis. Skin closure …

… Abandoning the 3-day minimum antibiotic therapy policy for gangrenous appendicitis did not
… recovery after appendectomy in children is dictated by the severity of the appendicitis, not …

… children with complicated appendicitis, our recommendation is to continue intravenous therapy
… suppressive therapy has been advocated until interval appendectomy is performed [49]. …

… considered and specific statements and recommendations were made for each of two
groups. Pediatric patients were defined as including children and adolescents aged between 1 …

… Depending on a patient’s clinical presentation, the CPG recommends immediate surgery or
… an appendectomy or a CT or US for suspected appendicitis. Negative appendectomy and …

… In the pre-antibiotic era, immediate appendectomy was strongly recommended in every
case of suspected AA, because it was traditionally thought that AA progressed from …

… appendix, or the role of initial medical therapy with antibiotics rather than immediate
appendectomy for perforated appendicitis or the use of percutaneous drainage of periappendiceal …

… therapy could be observed in the literature after the publication of the APSA recommendations…
the optimal antimicrobial therapy and duration of antibiotics use in children with CAA need …

… therapy. Little consensus exists regarding many aspects of the care of the child with complicated
appendicitis. … operatively, and recommended nonoperative therapy for those patients …

… Initial antibiotic treatment for acute simple appendicitis in children is safe: short-term results
… comparing antibiotic therapy with appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in …