The SIFIPAC/WSES/SICG/SIMEU guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis in the elderly (2019 edition)

Abstract The epidemiology and the outcomes of acute appendicitis in elderly patients are very different from the younger population. Elderly patients with acute appendicitis showed higher mortality, higher perforation rate, lower diagnostic accuracy, longer delay from symptoms onset and admission, h...

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Main Authors: Paola Fugazzola, Marco Ceresoli, Vanni Agnoletti, Ferdinando Agresta, Bruno Amato, Paolo Carcoforo, Fausto Catena, Osvaldo Chiara, Massimo Chiarugi, Lorenzo Cobianchi, Federico Coccolini, Alessandro De Troia, Salomone Di Saverio, Andrea Fabbri, Carlo Feo, Francesco Gabrielli, Angela Gurrado, Angelo Guttadauro, Leonardo Leone, Daniele Marrelli, Luca Petruzzelli, Nazario Portolani, Francesco Paolo Prete, Alessandro Puzziello, Massimo Sartelli, Giorgio Soliani, Mario Testini, Salvatore Tolone, Matteo Tomasoni, Gregorio Tugnoli, Pierluigi Viale, Monica Zese, Offir Ben Ishay, Yoram Kluger, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Luca Ansaloni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-020-00298-0