Prompt or delayed appendectomy? Influence of timing of surgery for acute appendicitis

Surgery Today

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-396

  Giraudo, Giorgio ^a   Baracchi, Filippo ^a   Pellegrino, Luca ^a   Dal Corso, Herbert M ^a   Borghi, Felice ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876464079     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-012-0250-5     Document Type: Article

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