Evaluation of perforated and nonperforated appendicitis with CT

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 422-427

  Yeung, Kwok Wan ^a   Chang, Ming Sung ^a   Hsiao, Chao Peng ^a  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CT; Nonperforated appendicitis; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

APPENDICEAL DIAMETER; PERFORATION; PHLEGMON;

AIR; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE WALL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8644234315     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00286-9     Document Type: Article

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