Can appendiceal CT scanning be utilized effectively in widespread general surgical practice?

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 917-921

  McDonough, John ^a,b   Stasik III, Chris ^a   Piontkowsky IV, David ^a   Treisman, Edward ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Smith Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036781266     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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