Appendicitis in pregnancy: New information that contradicts long-held clinical beliefs

2000/05/01 by Jamal Mourad, John P. Elliott, Laurie Erickson +1 · 21 citations
Medicine · #Appendicitis #Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management #First trimester #Gestation #Gestational age #Gynecology #Hernia repair and management #Incidence (geometry) #Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies #Medicine #Obstetrics #Perforation #Population #Pregnancy #Presentation (obstetrics) #Surgery

paper · doi:10.1067/mob.2000.105396

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