Ultrasonography is superior to plain radiography in the diagnosis of pneumoperitoneum

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-354

  Chen, S C ^a   Yen, Z S ^a   Wang, H P ^a   Lin, F Y ^a   Hsu, C Y ^a   Chen, W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036123686     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.02013.x     Document Type: Article

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