Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 814-824.e2

  Findlay, John M ^a   Kafsi, Jihène el ^a   Hammer, Clare ^b   Gilmour, Jeffrey ^b   Gillies, Richard S ^a   Maynard, Nicholas D ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPLASIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFLAMMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LEAVE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PAIN; PANCREAS ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; APPENDICITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84992702434     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.09.005     Document Type: Review

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