Appendicitis in the elderly: What has changed?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 220-223

  Rub, R ^a   Margel, D ^a   Soffer, D ^a   Kluger, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Complications; Elderly; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0033847811     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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