Management of patients with equivocal signs of appendicitis

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-88

  Senbanjo, R O ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Equivocal appendicitis; Missed appendicitis; Right iliac fossa pain

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030891640     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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