Interobserver variability in the classification of appendicitis during laparoscopy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1014-1019

  van den Boom, A L ^a   de Wijkerslooth, E M L ^a   Mauff, K A L ^a   Dawson, I ^d   van Rossem, C C ^b   Toorenvliet, B R ^c   Wijnhoven, B P L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; PHLEGMON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENT; SURGEON; VIDEORECORDING; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SURGEONS;

EID: 85048631572     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10837     Document Type: Article

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