Increased use of pre-operative imaging and laparoscopy has no impact on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing appendicectomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 620-623

  Markar, S R ^a   Karthikesalingam, A ^b   Cunningham, J ^a   Burd, C ^a   Bond Smith, G ^a   Kurzawinski, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Laparoscopy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LONDON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84555205566     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X13165261994076     Document Type: Article

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