Attitudes of staff at surgical departments in Denmark to surgery of suspected appendicitis. A questionnaire study

All Danish surgical departments were asked whether they would recommend removal of the appendix if this seemed normal at operation for suspected appendicitis. 14.0% recommended removal of a normal appendix only if there were no other pathological findings. 84.6% would remove the appendix under certa...

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Published inUgeskrift for læger Vol. 151; no. 44; p. 2886
Main Authors Henriksen, L O, Bengtsson, J, Jørgensen, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageDanish
Published Denmark 30.10.1989
Subjects
Appendectomy - utilization
Appendicitis - diagnosis
Appendicitis - surgery
Attitude of Health Personnel
Denmark
Humans
Denmark
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Summary:All Danish surgical departments were asked whether they would recommend removal of the appendix if this seemed normal at operation for suspected appendicitis. 14.0% recommended removal of a normal appendix only if there were no other pathological findings. 84.6% would remove the appendix under certain circumstances bearing risk factors in mind.
ISSN:0041-5782