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  • Title: Management of peritonitis in perforated appendicitis in children.
    Author: Evbuomwan I, Onwanyin ON.
    Journal: East Afr Med J; 1994 May; 71(5):279-81. PubMed ID: 7925055.
    Abstract:
    A prospective study on the management of severe acute appendicitis with gangrene and perforation was carried out using protocols that included schematized treatment. The schemes emphasized adequate preoperative treatment, meticulous operative technique of peritoneal toileting, generous use of appropriate antibiotics in combinations, and early graded patient's ambulation in the postoperative period. The average hospital stay was seven days, wound infection was of mild degree and less than 1%, and there was a low morbidity. Follow-up has shown no serious complications.
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