A case series of 46 appendectomies during pregnancy

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 686-690

  Terzi, Alpaslan ^a   Yildiz, Fahrettin ^a   Vural, Mehmet ^a   Coban, Sacit ^b   Cece, Hasan ^a   Kaya, Murat ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 78651398233     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-010-1492-0     Document Type: Article

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