Outcomes in 74 patients with an appendicolith who did not undergo surgery: Is follow-up imaging necessary?

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-165

  Rabinowitz, Chad B ^a   Egglin, Thomas K ^a   Beland, Michael D ^a   Mayo Smith, William W ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Computed tomography; Fecalith

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FECAL IMPACTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; IOHEXOL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447106873     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0613-1     Document Type: Article

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