Acute appendicitis in the elderly: risk factors for perforation

BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency and becomes serious when it perforates. Perforation is more frequent in the elderly patients. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors of perforation in elderly patients who presented with acute appendicitis. METHODOL...

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Autores principales: Omari, Abdelkarim H, Khammash, Muhammad R, Qasaimeh, Ghazi R, Shammari, Ahmad K, Yaseen, Mohammad K Bani, Hammori, Sahel K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24428909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-9-6

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