Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 6 , Pages 818-829 , June 2010

A meta-analysis comparing conservative treatment versus acute appendectomy for complicated appendicitis (abscess or phlegmon)

  • Constantinos Simillis, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • ,
  • Panayiotis Symeonides, MBChB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Shorthouse, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Colorectal Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
    • ,
  • Paris P. Tekkis, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Paris P. Tekkis, MD, FRCS, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK.

,Accepted 20 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.11.013

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