Routine appendectomy in epithelial ovarian carcinoma: Is it necessary?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 719-724

  Ayhan, Ali ^a   Gultekin, Murat ^a   Taskiran, Cagatay ^a   Salman, Mehmet Coskun ^a   Celik, Nilufer Yigit ^a   Yuce, Kunter ^a   Usubutun, Alp ^a   Kucukali, Turkan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 15944429384     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000154884.20872.c4     Document Type: Article

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