Perforating appendicitis: Is it a separate disease?

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 473-480

  Kraemer, Matthias ^a   Kremer, Klaus ^a   Leppert, Ronald ^a   Yang, Qin ^b   Ohmann, Christian ^b   Fuchs, Karl H ^a   Walenzyk, J ^c   Federmann, G ^c   Krenzien, J ^c   Hansdorfer, G ^c   Berner, C ^c   Eibner, J ^c   Franke, C ^c   Bohner H ^c   Labus, M ^c   Klingler, A ^c   Schumann, U ^c   Sitter, H ^c   Kallinowski, F ^c   Jager S ^c   Langenscheidt, P ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Clinical observation; Negative laparotomy rate; Perforation rate

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032770130     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241599750006730     Document Type: Article

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