Computed tomography scanning for the diagnosis of perforated appendicitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 959-964

  Oliak, David ^a   Sinow, Robert ^a   French, Samuel ^a   Udani, Vikram M ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032842439     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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