Ileocecectomy is definitive treatment for advanced appendicitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1117-1122

  Lane, John S ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CECUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035656396     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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