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  • Title: [Debatable questions regarding acute simple appendicitis and ways of reducing incidence of groundless appendectomies].
    Author: Dudanov IP, Mezhenin AM, Sharshavitskiĭ GA, Bogdanets AA, Andreev IuV, Kaputin MIu, Bazukheĭr GS.
    Journal: Vestn Khir Im I I Grek; 1998; 157(2):34-6. PubMed ID: 9691378.
    Abstract:
    An analysis of the diagnosis and operative treatment of 1246 patients with acute appendicitis was used by the authors for considering the causes of groundless appendectomies. The possibilities to reduce the amount of diagnostic errors and improve the surgical strategy for acute simple appendicitis are discussed.
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