Bowel obstruction following appendectomy: What is the true incidence?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-53

  Leung, Terry T W ^a   Dixon, Elijah ^a   Gill, Manpreet ^b   Mador, Brett D ^b   Moulton, Kyle M ^b   Kaplan, Gilaad G ^a   MacLean, Anthony R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX CANCER; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCBURNEY INCISION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ALBERTA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249131038     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181ad64a7     Document Type: Article

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