Appendectomy in the surgical staging of ovarian carcinoma

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-252

  Bese T ^a,b   Kosebay D ^a   Kaleli, S ^a   Oz A U ^a   Demirkiran, F ^a   Gezer, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ortaklar Cad Sakizagaci Sok   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Metastasis to the appendix; Ovarian carcinoma; Surgical staging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342561505     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02665-3     Document Type: Article

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