An evaluation of individual plain abdominal radiography findings in pediatric appendicitis: Results from a series of 424 children

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Durakbaşa, Çiǧdem Ulukaya ^a,b   Taşbaşi, Inkilap ^a   Tosyali, Ahmet Nadir ^a   Mutus, Murat ^a   Şehiralti, Varol ^a   Zemheri, Ebru ^a  

^a SSK Goztepe Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b C 45 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis diagnosis radiography surgery; Child; Diagnosis, differential; Pediatrics; Tomography, X ray computed methods

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; COLON DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSOAS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 31744433968     PISSN: 13006738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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