Diagnostic laparoscopy in the evaluation of right lower abdominal pain: A one-year audit

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 451-453

  Lim, G H ^a   Shabbir, A ^a   So, J B Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Laparoscopic surgery; Right lower abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 47249159461     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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