The impact of evolving management strategies on negative appendicectomy rate

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 817-821

  Myers, E ^a   Kavanagh, D O ^a   Ghous, H ^a   Evoy, D ^a   McDermott, E W ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnostic adjuncts; Negative appendicecomy rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954799544     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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