Appendicitis: Selective use of abdominal CT reduces negative appendectomy rate

Surgical Infections

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-218

  Dearmond, Gregory M ^a,b   Dent, Daniel L ^a,b   Myers, John G ^a,b   Chopra, Shailendra ^a,b   Mumbower, Amy L ^a,b   Kumar, Ashu ^a,b   Stewart, Ronald M ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Health Sciences Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0041919427     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109629603766957013     Document Type: Article

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