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  • Title: [Relaparotomy after appendicectomy in childhood (author's transl)].
    Author: Schütter FW, Müller E, Nüllen H.
    Journal: Z Kinderchir Grenzgeb; 1980 May; 30(1):20-3. PubMed ID: 7456679.
    Abstract:
    In 591 appendectomies a repeat laparotomy was necessary in 19 children (3.2%). 12 of these children had had perforated appendicitis. After a so-called "chronic appendicitis" we have never seen an indication for a second operation. The most important indications requiring relaparotomy were the post-operative ileus and the septic complications. We found intra-abdominal infections mainly after perforated appendicitis, the re-laparotomy was never carried out before the eighth post-operative day.
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