Plea Against Incidental Appendicectomy [2]

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1015-1016

  Mohta, Anup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; WOUND INFECTION;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; CHILD; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0142054971     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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