Scoring and diagnostic laparoscopy for suspected appendicitis

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 349-354

  Van den Broek, Wim T ^a   Bijnen, Bart B ^a   Rijbroek, Bram ^a   Gouma, Dirk J ^a  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036403310     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024150260284860     Document Type: Article

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