Laparoscopy reduces unnecessary appendicectomies and improves diagnosis in fertile women

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF APPENDICITIS AND APPENDECTOMY IN THE UNITED STATES

David G. Addiss, Nathan Shaffer, BARBARA S. FOWLER et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1990 · 2.3K citations

Public Health, Internal Medicine, Surgery +10

Diagnostic accuracy and perforation rate in appendicitis: association with age and sex of the patient and with appendicectomy rate.

Roland E. Andersson, Anders Hugander, Anders Thulin · PubMed · 1992 · 263 citations

Medicine, Pathology, Surgery +14

Diagnostic Value of Disease History, Clinical Presentation, and Inflammatory Parameters of Appendicitis

Roland E. Andersson, Anders Hugander, Sam Ghazi et al. · World Journal of Surgery · 1999 · 196 citations · Full text

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pathology +15

Appendectomy and the Risk of Tubal Infertility

Beth A. Mueller, Janet R. Daling, Donald E. Moore et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1986 · 120 citations

Medicine, Gynecology, Surgery +15

Diagnostic laparoscopy in 1043 patients with suspected acute appendicitis

Ann-Cathrin Moberg, Gunnar Ahlberg, Carl-Eric Leijonmarck et al. · The European Journal of Surgery · 2002 · 111 citations · Full text

Medicine, Gynecology, Surgery +16