Prospective evaluation of diagnostic modalities in suspected acute appendicitis

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 389, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-224

  Tepel, Juergen ^a   Sommerfeld, Annette ^b   Klomp, Hans Juergen ^a   Kapischke, Matthias ^a   Eggert, Albrecht ^b   Kremer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendicectomy; Ohmann score; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 3042761105     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-003-0439-6     Document Type: Article

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