Appendicitis, is it an emergency?

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 898-901

  Udgiri, Navalkishor ^a   Curras, Ernesto ^a   Kella, Venkata K ^a   Nagpal, Kamal ^a   Cosgrove, John ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052074368     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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