A normal appendix found during diagnostic laparoscopy should not be removed

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-254

  Van Den Broek, W T ^a,b   Bijnen, A B ^a   De Ruiter, P ^b   Gouma, D J ^a  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 0035133002     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2001.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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