Unnecessary operations: A letter from Russian pathologist

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 409-410

  Jargin, Sergei V ^a  

^a PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CROHN DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONTRAINDICATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RUSSIA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955175119     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2010.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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