Acute appendicitis in the elderly: Risk factors for perforation

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Omari, Abdelkarim H ^a   Khammash, Muhammad R ^a   Qasaimeh, Ghazi R ^a   Shammari, Ahmad K ^a   Yaseen, Mohammad K Bani ^b   Hammori, Sahel K ^c  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b Princess Basma Teaching Hospital   (Jordan)

^c Prince Rashid Bin Al Hasan Military Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Acute appendicitis in the elderly; Age and appendicitis; Perforated appendix; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892632048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-9-6     Document Type: Article

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