Surgical determinants, perioperative course and outcome of a representative patient cohort with acute appendicitis undergoing appendectomy over 3 decades;Determinanty chirurgiczne, przebieg okołooperacyjny i wynik uzyskany w reprezentatywnej kohorcie pacjentów z ostrym zapaleniem wyrostka robaczkowego poddawanych appendektomii w okresie 30 lat

Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny/ Polish Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 907-927

  Boenigk, Hagen ^a   Meyer, Frank ^b   Koch, Andreas ^a   Gastinger, Ingo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy; Surgical results

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880556200     PISSN: 0032373X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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