Assessment of the persistence of fecal loading in the cecum in presence of acute appendicitis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Petroianu, Andy ^a   Alberti, Luiz Ronaldo ^a   Zac, Renata Indelicato ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Cecum; Diagnosis; Fecal loading; X ray

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CECUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33847251977     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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