Negative appendicectomy and perforation rates in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for suspected appendicitis
Open Access
- 24 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 98 (4), 589-595
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.7395
Abstract
Perforation rate remains stableKeywords
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