Appendicitis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Appendicitis, including details on symptoms, surgery, causes, treatment.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 11 (November)

1. Laparoscopic versus standard appendectomy outcomes and cost comparisons in the private sector.
   J Gastrointest Surg, 9(8): 1174-80; discussion 1180-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A multicenter trial of the efficacy and safety of tigecycline versus imipenem/cilastatin in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections [Study ID Numbers: 3074A1-301-WW; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00081744].
   BMC Infect Dis, 5: 88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The effect of performance-related pay of hospital doctors on hospital behaviour: a case study from Shandong, China.
   Hum Resour Health, 3: 11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. A new approach to accurate diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
   World J Surg, 29(9): 1151-6, discussion 1157. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Acute epiploic appendagitis and its mimics.
   Radiographics, 25(6): 1521-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The effect of blunt abdominal trauma on appendix vermiformis.
   Emerg Med J, 22(12): 874-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Surgical treatment of appendiceal adenocarcinoid (goblet cell carcinoid).
   World J Surg, 29(11): 1436-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Can we afford to do laparoscopic appendectomy in an academic hospital?
   Am J Surg, 190(6): 950-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Cost-effectiveness analysis of weekday and weeknight or weekend shifts for assessment of appendicitis.
   Pediatr Radiol, 35(12): 1186-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Bilateral giant abdominoscrotal hydroceles complicated by appendicitis.
    Pediatr Radiol, 35(12): 1267-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Misdiagnosis of appendicitis and the use of diagnostic imaging.
    J Am Coll Surg, 201(6): 933-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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