Impact of body mass index and tobacco smoking on outcome after open appendicectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 751-757

  Azodi, O Sadr ^a   Lindstrom D ^b   Adami, J ^a,b   Bellocco, R ^b,c   Linder, S ^b   Wladis, A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WOUND INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BODY MASS INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SMOKING;

EID: 44249096836     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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