Timing of operation for appendicitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1004-1005

  Murphy, E ^a   Mealy, K ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030857421     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840728     Document Type: Article

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