Delay to surgery does not influence the pathological outcome of acute appendicitis

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-11

  Hornby, S T ^a,b   Shahtahmassebi, G ^c   Lynch, S ^a   Ladwa, N ^a   Stell, David A ^a,b  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Inflammation; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902690236     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1457496913495474     Document Type: Article

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