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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.
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Acute appendicitis NOS (disorder)Ruptured Appendicitis
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Inflammation

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2009
2009
SPRED1 disorder and predisposition to leukemia in children.
To the editor: In 2007, the germline loss-of-function mutations in SPRED1 were reported to originate a new autosomal dominant… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Forward surgical team (FST) workload in a special operations environment: the 250th FST in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Why does the clinical diagnosis fail in suspected appendicitis?
OBJECTIVE To identify systematic errors in surgeons' estimations of the importance of diagnostic variables in the decision to… 
1997
1997
Spontaneous rupture of choledochal cyst: an unusual cause of acute abdomen in children.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
CT Appearance of Appendicitis and Its Local Complications
Surgicaluring evaluation for occult fever or nonspecific abdominal pain CT will occasionally identify inflammatory disease of the… 
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… 
1980
1980
Clitoral size in infancy.
Review
1978
Review
1978
Appendicitis in the Elderly
The charts of 68 patients from 65 to 99 years of age who underwent appendectomy for appendicitis were reviewed between 1964 and… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Ovarian tumors in infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
Highly Cited
1943
Highly Cited
1943
Prolonged Faecal Fistula after Operation for Appendicitis
through the needle used for transfusion if the latter is connected with the apparatus by means-of an adaptor. Ideally, a few… 
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