Relaparotomy in childhood

• Published in: Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie Vol. 367; no. 3; p. 167
• Main Authors: Grüssner, R, Pistor, G, Kotei, D N, Kuhnert, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 1986
• Subjects: Abdomen, Acute - surgery; Abscess - surgery; Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrointestinal Diseases - surgery; Hemorrhage - surgery; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intestinal Obstruction - surgery; Laparotomy; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Postoperative Complications - surgery; Reoperation; Surgical Wound Dehiscence - surgery; Surgical Wound Infection - surgery

From 1.1.1976 to 31.12.1983 1,793 laparotomies were performed on children up to the age of 15 years at the Hospital of Pediatric Surgery, Mainz University. The incidence of acute unplanned relaparotomies was 4.6%. The most frequent indication of acute relaparotomy was postoperative obstruction due t...