The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 2 , Pages 193-198 , August 2009

Diagnostic value of hyperbilirubinemia as a predictive factor for appendiceal perforation in acute appendicitis

  • Michael Sand, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Krankenanstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr University, Bochum, Bergstr. 26, 44791, Bochum, Germany
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  • Falk G. Bechara, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Tim Holland-Letz, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Daniel Sand, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Science, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +01149-234-517-0; fax: +01149-234-517-2503
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  • Gudrun Mehnert, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Krankenanstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr University, Bochum, Bergstr. 26, 44791, Bochum, Germany
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  • Benno Mann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Krankenanstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr University, Bochum, Bergstr. 26, 44791, Bochum, Germany

Received 30 July 2008 ,Revised 29 August 2008

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00010-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.08.026

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 2 , Pages 193-198 , August 2009

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