Tip appendicitis: clinical implications and management

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-215

  Mazeh, Haggi ^a   Epelboym, Irene ^b   Reinherz, Jill ^b   Greenstein, Alexander J ^b   Divino, Celia M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Computed tomography; Distal appendicitis; Tip appendicitis

Indexed keywords

CLAVULANIC ACID; TICARCILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649095730     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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