Variation in Classification and Postoperative Management of Complex Appendicitis: A European Survey

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 439-446

  de Wijkerslooth, Elisabeth M L ^a   van den Boom, Anne Loes ^a   Wijnhoven, Bas P L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85053863696     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-018-4806-4     Document Type: Article

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