title: [Septic complications following acute appendicitis in childhood (author's transl)].
abstract: 1556 children with acute appendicitis are reported. 118 of these were perforated (7.5%). There was one fatal case (0.06%). Perforation was found more frequently in children under one year of age. The complications of infection in this situation are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Atypische Verlaufsformen und septische Komplikationen nach Appendizitis im Kindesalter.