Interval appendicectomy after resolution of adult inflammatory appendix mass - Is it necessary?

Surgeon

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Deakin, D E ^a   Ahmed, Irfan ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix abscess; Appendix mass; Appendix phlegmon; Interval appendicectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846882388     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(07)80111-9     Document Type: Review

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