Appendicoliths and appendectomy in the pediatric population

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-29

  Paya, Kurosh ^a   Treitl, C ^a   Barousch, A ^a   Wurm, J ^b   Felder Puig, R ^c   Puig, S ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendicolith; Feacolith; Perforation

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 40649110029     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-007-0376-7     Document Type: Article

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