Influence of ultrasonography on clinical decision making in suspected acute appendicitis in adults

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-450

  Vidmar, Dubravka ^a   Omejc, M ^a   Cerar, A ^b   Mekicar, J ^a   Repse, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acute appendicitis; Probes; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY;

EID: 33846020919     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-006-0286-0     Document Type: Article

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