Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: Case report

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7735, 2009, Pages 1420-

  Rogozov, Vladislav ^a,b   Bermel, Neil ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; RUSSIA; SELF CARE;

EID: 73149112623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4965     Document Type: Article

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