Laparoscopic Management of Appendicular Abscess (Clinical Observation)

• Authors: Mykola Tutchenko , Eduard Svitlychnyi , Karolina Wojcicka , Oleksandr Shavlovskyi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the diagnostics and laparoscopic management of appendicular abscess of 66 y.o. woman operated 3 weeks after the disease onset. The patient underwent surgery successfully. Purulent septic post-operative complications were not demonstrated. That confirms the benefits of minimally invasive surgery

Keywords

EN

appendicular abscess   laparoscopic appendectomy  

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 235-237

Dates

published

1 - 5 - 2014

online

1 - 7 - 2014

received

28 - 8 - 2013

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2014-0041