Institutional variations in the management of patients with acute appendicitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Kieran, Jennefer A ^a   Curet, Myriam J ^b,c   Schermer, Carol R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Computed tomography; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0038299359     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(03)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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