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Appendicitis

Known as: Appendizitis, Acute Appendicitis, Appendicite 
Acute inflammation of the APPENDIX. Acute appendicitis is classified as simple, gangrenous, or perforated.
National Institutes of Health

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Acute appendicitis NOS (disorder)Ruptured Appendicitis
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Inflammation

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Surgical services in low-income and middle-income countries
Review
2005
Review
2005
Acute appendicitis: added diagnostic value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels at multi-detector row CT.
PURPOSE To assess retrospectively the added value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels obtained with 16-section multi… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Forward surgical team (FST) workload in a special operations environment: the 250th FST in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.
Review
2003
Review
2003
The acute right lower quadrant: CT evaluation.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Ulcerative appendicitis in universal and nonuniversal ulcerative colitis.
Ulcerative appendicitis (UA), the appendiceal counterpart of ulcerative colitis (UC), is frequently present in colectomy… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
CT of appendicitis and diverticulitis.
CT scans have made a significant impact on the diagnosis and staging of those gastrointestinal disorders that are associated with… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The anatomy of appendicitis.
Acute appendicitis is a common disorder and, ideally, should be diagnosed prior to the onset of gangrene or perforation… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Perforated and gangrenous appendicitis: an analysis of antibiotic failures.
The relationships between resistant pathogens, serum levels of gentamicin, and the outcomes of gangrenous or perforated… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Prophylactic metronidazole in appendicectomy: A controlled trial
Prophylactic metronidazole was compared with no treatment in a randomly allocated study of patients undergoing appendicectomy. A… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Ovarian tumors in infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
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