Evaluation of right iliac fossa pain with reference to Alvarado Score - Can we prevent unnecessary appendicectomies?

Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 24-29

  Gurav, P D ^a   Hombalkar, N N ^a   Dhandore, Priya ^a   Hamid, Mohd ^a  

^a Department of Surgery Govt Medical College Miraj and Padmabhusan Vasantdada Patil Government Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado scoring; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895891475     PISSN: 22314261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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