Retrocecal appendix location and perforation at presentation

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 890-893

  Herscu, Gabriel ^a,b   Kong, Allen ^a   Russell, Dylan ^a   Tran, Cam Ly ^a   Varela, J Esteban ^a   Cohen, Allen ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Building 55 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROCECAL APPENDICITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGE; APPENDIX; CECUM; FECES IMPACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECUM; FECAL IMPACTION; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750718167     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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