title: Reply to letter: "irrigation versus suction alone during laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis".
authors.affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospital, Department of Surgery, St Louis, MO sspeter@cmh.edu.
authors.forename: Shawn David
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: St Peter
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013396:Suction