Computed tomography in the diagnosis of equivocal appendicitis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 664-667

  Cho, Carolyn S ^a,b   Buckingham, John M ^a   Pierce, Mark ^a   Hardman, David T ^a  

^a Calvary Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendicitis diagnosis; Computed tomography; Right iliac fossa pain; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032852931     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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