Suspected acute appendicitis: Trends in management over 30 years

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1570-1577

  Jones, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035205532     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01910.x     Document Type: Review

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