Urological symptoms of acute appendicitis in childhood and early adolescence

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-192

  Gardikis, Stefanos ^a   Touloupidis, Stavros ^a   Dimitriadis, Georgios ^a   Limas, Christos ^b   Antypas, Spyros ^a   Dolatzas, Theodoros ^a   Polychronidis, Alexandros ^c   Simopoulos, Constantinos ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Surgery Gen Hospital Alexandroupolis   (Greece)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Dysuria; Renal colic; Urinary retention; Urological symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BOY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETER; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0037879361     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023226631364     Document Type: Article

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