Early versus delayed appendicectomy for appendiceal phlegmon or abscess

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Cheng, Yao ^a   Xiong, Xianze ^b   Lu, Jiong ^b   Wu, Sijia ^b   Zhou, Rongxing ^b   Lin, Yixin ^b   Cheng, Nansheng ^b  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL ABSCESS; APPENDICEAL PHLEGMON; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT;

EID: 85020034644     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011670     Document Type: Article

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