Early versus late discharge from hospital after open appendectomy
To date there is increasing pressure on surgeons to minimize the time that the patient stays in hospital. Patients with acute appendicitis without perforation or peritonitis are not discharged early due to concern on the part of the surgeon that it would increase surgical wound infection rates. The...
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Language: | English |
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Faculty of Medicine Trisakti University
2016-02-01
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Series: | Universa Medicina |
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Online Access: | https://univmed.org/ejurnal/index.php/medicina/article/view/195 |