The influence of delay on perforation in childhood appendicitis. A retrospective analysis of 58 cases

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1232-1236

  Ozguner, I F ^a,b   Buyukyavuz, B I ^a   Savas, M C ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 5044229136     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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