Left-sided appendicitis in a patient with situs inversus totalis

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-178

  Oh, Joo Suk ^a   Kim, Ki Wook ^a   Cho, Hang Joo ^a  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Laparoscopic; Situs inversus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866427040     PISSN: 12260053     EISSN: 20930488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2012.83.3.175     Document Type: Article

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