Appendectomy: A Contemporary Appraisal

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-261

  Hale, Douglas A ^a   Molloy, Mark ^a   Pearl, Richard H ^a   Schutt, David C ^a   Jaques, David P ^a  

^a Quality Assurance Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030941188     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199703000-00003     Document Type: Review

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