The safety of incidental appendectomy at the time of abdominal hysterectomy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1563-1567

  Salom, Emery M ^a   Schey, Dana ^a   Peñalver, Manuel ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   Lambrou, Nicholas ^a   Almeida, Zoyla ^a   Mendez, Luis ^a   Gal, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Holtz Building East Tower ^*

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Incidental appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; CELLULITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOCELE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0346727266     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(03)00936-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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