Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 619-626 , October 1998

Perforated appendicitis in children: Risk factors for the development of complications

Presented at the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Ann Arbor, Mich, March 5-7, 1998.

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☆ Reprint requests: Thomas R. Weber, MD, Director of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, 1465 S Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63104.

PII: S0039-6060(98)00319-5

doi: 10.1067/msy.1998.91484

Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 619-626 , October 1998

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