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The need for interval appendectomy after resolution of an appendiceal mass questioned.
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BACKGROUND: Our current treatment of an appendiceal mass is initially conservative, followed by an interval appendectomy. The necessity of this routine interval appendectomy is debatable. A study was conducted to evaluate whether surgical factors and pathological features of the excised appendices support interval appendectomy. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study at the University Hospital Groningen and the Deventer Ziekenhuis. All patients diagnosed with an appendiceal mass in the p...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Digestive surgery
- Volume:
- 19
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 216-221
- Publication date:
- 2002-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1421-9883
- ISSN:
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0253-4886
- Source identifiers:
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190795
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:190795
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uuid:3c38bd58-7425-483d-b52d-ccae5b87ab15
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- pubs:190795
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2002
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