Routine histopathologic examination of appendectomy specimens: Retrospective analysis of 1255 patients

International Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-362

  Emre, Arif ^a   Akbulut, Sami ^b   Bozdag, Zehra ^a   Yilmaz, Mehmet ^b   Kanlioz, Murat ^a   Emre, Rabia ^c   Sahin, Nurhan ^a  

^a MALATYA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Malatya Public Health Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendiceal neuroma; Appendicitis; Carcinoid; Endometriosis; Mucocele; Oxyuris; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896537108     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9738/INTSURG-D-13-00098.1     Document Type: Article

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