[Should drainage be performed in perforated appendicitis?].
During a follow-up study we examined 85 patients (34 children) with perforated appendicitis. The operating procedure is shortly sketched. The very favourable early and late results of our patients confirm the findings of other authors [2, 4, 5] that an intraperitoneal drainage is unnecessary in patients with perforated appendicitis. We take a thick Penrose drain for any abscess within a capsule.
D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Soll bei Appendicitis perforata drainiert werden?