Diagnosis of acute appendicitis using scoring system: Compared with the alvarado score

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-214

  Kim, Bin Soo ^a   Ryu, Dong Hee ^b   Kim, Tae Hwa ^a   Jeong, Il Ung ^c   Song, Jun Ho ^d   Cho, Sung Il ^d   Kim, Jin Kweon ^e   Jeong, Yong Sik ^e   Lee, Sang Jeon ^b  

^a Hana Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Cheongju Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Cheongju St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Hyosung General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado score; Right lower abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960154170     PISSN: 12260053     EISSN: 20930488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2010.79.3.207     Document Type: Article

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