WSES Jerusalem guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Di Saverio, Salomone ^a   Birindelli, Arianna ^b   Kelly, Micheal D ^c   Catena, Fausto ^d   Weber, Dieter G ^e   Sartelli, Massimo ^f   Sugrue, Michael ^g   De Moya, Mark ^h   Gomes, Carlos Augusto ⁱ   Bhangu, Aneel ^j   Agresta, Ferdinando ^k   Moore, Ernest E ^l   Soreide, Kjetil ^m   Griffiths, Ewen ⁿ   De Castro, Steve ^o   Kashuk, Jeffry ^p   Kluger, Yoram ^q   Leppaniemi, Ari ^r   Ansaloni, Luca ^s   Andersson, Manne ^t   Coccolini, Federico ^s   Coimbra, Raul ^u   Gurusamy, Kurinchi S ^v   Campanile, Fabio Cesare ^w   Biffl, Walter ^x   Chiara, Osvaldo ^y   Moore, Fred ^z   Peitzman, Andrew B ^aa   Fraga, Gustavo P ^ab   Costa, David ^ac   Maier, Ronald V ^ad   Rizoli, Sandro ^ae   Balogh, Zsolt J ^af   Bendinelli, Cino ^af   Cirocchi, Roberto ^ag   Tonini, Valeria ^b   Piccinini, Alice ^a   Tugnoli, Gregorio ^a   Jovine, Elio ^a   Persiani, Roberto ^ah   Biondi, Antonio ^ai   Scalea, Thomas ^aj   Stahel, Philip ^l   Ivatury, Rao ^ak   Velmahos, George ^h   Andersson, Roland ^t   more..

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Hospital Maggiore of Parma   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f MACERATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Biology   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k Civil Hospital ULSS19   (Italy)

^l DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁿ QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^p HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^q Rambam Health Care Campus   (Israel)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^s PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^t LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^w San Giovanni Decollato Andosilla Hospital   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^y OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^aa PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^ac R Adams Cowley Trauma Center ^*  (Spain)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ae ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^af JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ah CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^aj R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Centre   (United States)

^ak VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acute Appendicitis; Alvarado Score; Antibiotics; Appendectomy; Appendiceal abscess; Appendicitis diagnosis score; Complicated appendicitis; Consensus Conference; Guidelines; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Non operative management; Phlegmon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978897527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0090-5     Document Type: Review

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