Acute appendicitis: A descending trend?

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-113

  Cirocchi, R ^a   Morelli, U ^a   Mura, F L A ^a   Cattorini, L ^a   Napolitano, V ^a   Galanov, I ^a   Covarelli, P ^a   Giustozzi, G ^a   Sciannameo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis related groups; Italy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549102215     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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