Imaging of acute appendicitis and its impact on negative appendectomy and perforation rates: The St Paul's experience

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 220-224

  Chooi, W K ^a   Brown, Jacqueline A ^b   Zetler, P ^b   Wiseman, S ^b   Cooperberg, P ^b  

^a Valley Medical Imaging   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35648932454     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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