INTRODUCTION Pediatric appendicitis constitutes a considerable burden of disease in
children and is associated with substantial health care cost and resource utilization …

Purpose Patients presenting with acute appendicitis are usually hospitalized for a few days
for appendectomy and postoperative recovery. Shortening length of stay may reduce costs …

Purpose To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown on
management and outcomes of children with acute appendicitis. Methods A retrospective …

Background Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency that poses a large clinical and
economic burden. Understanding the global burden of appendicitis is crucial for evaluating …

Ambulatory pediatric surgery has become increasingly common in recent years, with greater
numbers of procedures being performed on an outpatient basis. This practice has clear …

(1) Background: One-day surgery has been widely adopted for many elective laparoscopic
procedures in pediatric patients. Recently, the same protocol has been investigated for …

Objective To synthesise evidence on risk factors associated with paediatric unplanned
hospital readmissions (UHRs). Design Systematic review. Data source CINAHL, EMBASE …

Aim of the study To compare the outcomes and hospital charges of patients who underwent
laparoscopic appendectomy for non-perforated appendicitis and were discharged home …

Background National, procedure-specific clinical registries are increasingly available in
surgery, although data about children have lagged behind. Data related to the surgical …

Purpose: Several single-center studies have demonstrated same-day discharge (SDD) to be
safe in adults undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) for non-perforated appendicitis …