Acute appendicitis in overweight patients: the role of preoperative imaging

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of acute appendicitis in overweight patients is challenging due to the limited value of the clinical examination. The benefits of ultrasonography and abdominal CT have been studied in the general population, but there is limited data regarding their use in overweight and ob...

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Autores principales: Sauvain, Marc-Olivier, Tschirky, Sandra, Patak, Michael A., Clavien, Pierre-Alain, Hahnloser, Dieter, Muller, Markus K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-016-0102-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-016-0102-0

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