Appendicoumbilical fistula as a sequela of perforated appendicitis
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1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Keimyung University, Dongsan Medical Center, Taegu, Korea.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
This is the first report, we believe, of a 5-year-old boy who developed appendicoumbilical fistula as a sequela of perforated appendicitis. We discuss a proposed explanation of the mechanism in its formation.