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Abstract
- 1.1. A series of 303 cases of appendicitis are herein presented.
- 2.2. In 195 cases of acute appendicitis the principles of the Ochsner treatment were employed.
- 3.3. A plea is made for a review of the conservative treatment of appendiceal peritonitis.
- 4.4. In our series of 303 cases there were 4 deaths, a mortality of 1.3 per cent.
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Received:
November 22,
1938
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© 1939 Published by Elsevier Inc.