Appendicitis in the elderly

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 593-596

  Lee, J F Y ^a   Leow, C K ^a   Lau, W Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033848072     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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