Right iliac fossa pain 10 years after appendicectomy and the diagnosis of stump appendicitis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 711-712

  Jacombs, Anita ^a   Webb, Georgia ^a   Leibman, Steven ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STUMP APPENDICITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49549101641     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04624.x     Document Type: Article

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