Sonography in acute appendicitis: Diagnostic utility and influence upon management and outcome

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1886-1893

  Garcia Aguayo, F J ^a   Gil, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SAGUNTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abscess; Appendicitis; Appendix; CT; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033646815     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000521     Document Type: Article

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