'To have … or not to have'. Should computed tomography and ultrasonography be implemented as a routine work-up for patients with suspected acute appendicitis in a regional hospital?

Author： Chiang David T   Tan Elaine I   Birks David  

Publisher： The Royal College of Surgeons of England

ISSN： 1478-7083

Source： Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Vol.90, Iss.1, 2008-01, pp. : 17-21

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