Should every patient undergoing laparoscopy for clinical diagnosis of appendicitis have an appendicectomy?

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-89

  Navez, B ^a   Therasse, A ^a  

^a Hopital St Joseph   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Appendicitis; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN; PATIENT INFORMATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOM; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 0037706769     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679371     Document Type: Article

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