Implications of removing a normal appendix

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-219

  Bijnen, C L ^a   Van Den Broek, W T ^a   Bijnen, A B ^a   De Ruiter, P ^a   Gouma, D J ^b  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Costs; Diagnostic tools; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037679244     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070388     Document Type: Article

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