Intussusception of the appendix: comprehensive review of the literature

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-128

  Chaar, Cassius Iyad Ochoa ^a   Wexelman, Barbara ^b   Zuckerman, Kaye ^a   Longo, Walter ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendix; Endometriosis; Intussusceptions; Lead point

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX INTUSSUSCEPTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CECUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTUSSUSCEPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649576681     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.08.023     Document Type: Review

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