Management and outcome of appendicitis among octogenarians in an English hospital over a five year period

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 669-671

  McGowan, D R ^a   Howlader, M H ^b   Patel, R ^c   Swindlehurst, N ^c   Manifold, D ^c   Shaikh, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicecetomy; Appendicitis; Elderly; Octogenarian; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 83155192088     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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