Appendicitis Irrigation Technique with ZERO Abscesses!
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: The study 'Standardized Irrigation Technique Reduces Intra-abdominal Abscess After Appendectomy' by Leplant and Salsman was published in August 2018 Journal of Pediatric Surgery↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: The University of Minnesota surgeon's technique uses peritoneal irrigation for serial dilution with multiple low aliquots and debridement of fibrous material↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: For perforation, the technique uses up to 6 liters of normal saline↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: For extensive peritonitis with or without interloop abscess, the technique uses 9 to 12 liters of normal saline↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: Zero patients developed intra-abdominal abscess out of 140 patients after irrigation for serial dilution↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: 18 out of 292 patients developed intra-abdominal abscess after discretionary irrigation↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: The hypothesis of the study was that there was no difference in the infection rates between this surgeon's technique and the normal technique with minimal dilution.↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: It is to the sense that they did talk about the tediousness of it, but he had zero infections. Like zero intra-abdominal abscesses.↗
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host summaryMaria Libertin summarizing a resource: The surgeon uses 50 cc aliquots with a total of 6 liters, which equals 120 irrigation cycles↗
