Stump appendicitis, rare complication after appendectomy: Report of a case

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-332

  Menteş, Öner ^a   Zeybek, Nazif ^c   Oysul, Asli ^a   Önder, Sevgen Çelik ^b   Tufan, Turgut ^c  

^a ETIMESGUT MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Military Hospital of Etimesgut   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy; Stump

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STUMP APPENDICITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51849084792     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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