Appendectomies for suspected acute appendicitis during pregnancy. Experience at a Chilean public hospital;Apendicectomía en la embarazada. Experiencia en un hospital público chileno

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Jean Michel Butte, B ^a,b   Fernanda Bellolio, M A ^b   Francisca Fernandez L ^b   Marcel Sanhueza, G ^a   Sergio Baez V ^a   Rodrigo Kusanovich, B ^a   Eduardo Vinuela F ^a   Rogelio Gonzalez P ^a,b   Martha Pruyas, A ^a   Veronica Diaz A ^b,c   Jorge Martinez C ^a,d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Hospital Doctor Sótero Del Río ^*

^d HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Laparotomy; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645080941     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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