Laparoscopy grading system of acute appendicitis: New insight for future trials

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-466

  Gomes, Carlos Augusto ^a   Nunes, Tarcizo Afonso ^b   Fonseca Chebli, Julio Maria ^a   Junior, Cleber Soares ^a   Gomes, Camila Couto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

accuracy; appendectomy; appendicitis; laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC GRADING SYSTEM; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867890347     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318262edf1     Document Type: Article

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