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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...
Autores principales: | Sauvain, Marc-Olivier, Tschirky, Sandra, Patak, Michael A., Clavien, Pierre-Alain, Hahnloser, Dieter, Muller, Markus K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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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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