CT scanning in the management of acute appendicitis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 567-

  Lopez, Peter P ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957226036     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.06.112     Document Type: Letter

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