A case for the removal of the 'normal' appendix at laparoscopy for suspected acute appendicitis

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-280

  Grabham, J A ^a,b   Sutton, C ^a   Nicholson, M L ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendicectomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032768851     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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