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Appendicitis is one of the most common medical conditions affecting children. It is usually treated with open or laparoscopic appendectomy, which is probably a basic surgical procedure for young pediatric surgeons to perform. Appendicitis is common in older children, but care must be taken in younger children because it can be difficult to diagnose, and children are prone to perforated peritonitis.
The figures in this chapter are reprinted with permission from the Standard Pediatric Operative Surgery (in Japanese), Medical View Co., Ltd., 2013, with the exception of occasional newly added figures that may appear.
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Sato, M. (2016). Appendectomy. In: Taguchi, T., Iwanaka, T., Okamatsu, T. (eds) Operative General Surgery in Neonates and Infants. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55876-7_36
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