Review of the pathological results of 2660 appendicectomy specimens

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 745-749

  Marudanayagam, Ravi ^a,b   Williams, Geraint T ^a   Rees, Brian I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Pathological results

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; APPENDIX PERFORATION; APPENDIX TUMOR; CARCINOID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749011990     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-006-1855-5     Document Type: Review

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