"Surgical" ultrasound in suspected acute appendicitis

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 362-365

  Zielke, A ^a   Hasse, C ^a   Sitter, H ^a   Kisker, O ^a   Rothmund, M ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Medical decision making; Prospective trial; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031114580     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900364     Document Type: Article

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