Surgical validation of unenhanced helical computed tomography in acute appendicitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1641-1645

  In't Hof, K H ^a   Van Lankeren, W ^a   Krestin, G P ^a   Bonjer, H J ^a   Lange, J F ^b   Becking, W B ^b   Kazemier, G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 10244260433     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4724     Document Type: Article

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