Is there truly an oncologic indication for interval appendectomy?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-446

  Wright, Gerald Paul ^a,b   Mater, Megan E ^a,b   Carroll, Joseph T ^a,b   Choy, Jennifer S ^b   Chung, Mathew H ^a,b,c  

^a Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal abscess; Appendiceal cancer; Appendicitis; Interval appendectomy; Neoplasm; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CANCER; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SIZE; CARCINOID; COLLOID CARCINOMA; COLON FISTULA; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVAL APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924868927     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.09.020     Document Type: Article

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