Appendicectomy in older patients with acute appendicitis is not an indication for routine colonoscopy.

Hamid, Hytham K S; Hamedelneel, Ahmed O

Hamid, Hytham K S; Hamedelneel, Ahmed O.

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Hamid HKS; Department of Surgery, Soba University Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan. kujali2@gmail.com.
Hamedelneel AO; Department of Accident and Emergency, St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot, UK.

Int J Colorectal Dis ; 34(5): 945, 2019 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30762096

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Appendectomy; Appendicitis/surgery; Colonoscopy; Acute Disease; Aged; Appendicitis/diagnostic imaging; Cecal Neoplasms/diagnosis; Cecal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging; Cecal Neoplasms/epidemiology; Humans; Incidence; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Appendectomy / Appendicitis / Colonoscopy Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Humans Language: En Year: 2019 Type: Article

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