Stump appendicitis: A surgeon's dilemma

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-378

  Roberts, Kurt E ^a   Starker, Lee F ^a   Duffy, Andrew J ^a   Bell, Robert L ^a   Bokhari, Jamal ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Stump appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053637850     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4293/108680811X13125733356954     Document Type: Review

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