Acute appendicitis - A clear-cut case in men, a guessing game in young women: A prospective study on the role of laparoscopy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 923-927

  Borgstein, P J ^a   Gordijn, R V ^a   Eijsbouts, Q A J ^a   Cuesta, M A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Diagnostic laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031230125     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900488     Document Type: Article

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