Successful treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis in pregnancy with intravenous antibiotics

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-122

  Yefet, Enav ^a   Romano, Shabtai ^a,b   Chazan, Bibiana ^a,b   Nachum, Zohar ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ADHESION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 84879122005     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.03.015     Document Type: Letter

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