Stump appendicitis and chorioamnionitis due to incomplete appendectomy: A case report

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 540-543

  Belli, Sedat ^a   Yalçinkaya, Cem ^a   Ezer, Ali ^a   Bolat, Filiz ^a   Çolakoǧlu, Tamer ^a   Şimşek, Erhan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Chorioamnionitis; Pregnancy; Stump appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SALPINGECTOMY; STUMP APPENDICITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REOPERATION;

EID: 84855420190     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2011.0265     Document Type: Article

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