Subphrenic abscess in children.

M Mackenzie; J Fordyce; D G Young

doi:10.1002/bjs.1800620414

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Subphrenic abscess in children.

M Mackenzie·J Fordyce·D G Young

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Nineteen consecutive cases of subphrenic abscess which were treated in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, from 1962 to 1972 are analyzed. This complication of intra-abdominal suppuration of surgery still carries a grave prognosis. Four of the patients died (21 per cent); 2 deaths were related to the subphrenic abscess while the remaining 2 were not directly related to the abscess. The mean hospital stay of the survivors was 59 days (range 30-122 days). The changing patterns of aetiology and presentation which have recently been emphasized in general surgical practice are not reflected in this paediatric series.

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M Mackenzie, J Fordyce, D G Young. 1975. Subphrenic abscess in children.. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800620414

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