Late abdominal complaints after appendectomy - Readmissions during long-term follow-up

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Tingstedt, Bobby ^a   Johansson, Jenny ^a   Nehez, Laszlo ^a   Andersson, Roland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute appendicitis, follow up; Small bowel obstruction, readmission for

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842862890     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075378     Document Type: Article

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