Laparoscopic source control for large pelvic abscess after perforated appendicitis, not amenable to percutaneous drainage - a video vignette

Colorectal Dis. 2016 Jun;18(6):629-30. doi: 10.1111/codi.13350.

Authors

S Di Saverio¹, M Sartelli², F Catena³, A Biscardi⁴, A Piccinini⁴, F Coccolini⁵, G Tugnoli⁴

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital - Bologna Local Health District, Bologna, Italy. salo75@inwind.it, salomone.disaverio@gmail.com.
² Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
³ Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Maggiore Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁴ Emergency Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital - Bologna Local Health District, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Unit, Hospital HPG23 - Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.

PMID: 27088443
DOI: 10.1111/codi.13350

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Abscess / etiology
Abscess / surgery*
Adolescent
Appendectomy
Appendicitis / complications
Appendicitis / surgery*
Drainage / methods*
Humans
Laparoscopy*
Male
Peritonitis / etiology
Peritonitis / surgery*