Loading...

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Humes, David, Speake, William James, Simpson, John
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943782/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19454096
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!