Case report of recurrent acute appendicitis in a residual tip

Cases Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  O'Leary, Donal P ^a   Myers, Eddie ^a   Coyle, Joe ^a   Wilson, Ian ^a  

^a St Lukes General Hospital Kilkenny   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 77953406142     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-3-14     Document Type: Article

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