Extraluminal appendicolith: An indication for interval appendectomy with intraoperative localization and removal of that potential cause of intra-abdominal abscess

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 606-608

  Itah, Rafael ^a,b   Skornick, Yehuda ^a   Greenberg, Ron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50149085799     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2007.0152     Document Type: Article

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