Audit of acute appendicitis in a black South African population

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 198-202

  Levy, R D ^a   Degiannis, E ^a   Kantarovsky, A ^a   Maberti, P M ^a   Wells, M ^a   Hatzitheofilou, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031407073     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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