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Appendicitis
INTRODUCTION: Potential causes of appendicitis include faecoliths, lymphoid hyperplasia, and caecal carcinoma, all of which can lead to obstruction of the appendix lumen. The lifetime risk is approximately 7-9% in the USA, making appendicectomy the most common abdominal surgical emergency. Mortality...
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2007
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943782/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19454096 |
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