Laparoscopic ultrasonography for localization of a retained appendicolith after appendectomy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1361-1363

  Lee, Seung Woo ^a   Lim, Joon Seok ^a   Hyung, Woo Jin ^a   Park, Mi Suk ^a   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Cha, Seoung Whan ^a   Yoo, Hyung Sik ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBES; SURGERY; TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERIES; APPENDICOLITHS; LAPAROSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY (LUS);

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 33750584383     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.10.1361     Document Type: Article

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