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ProfessorParisTekkis

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Colorectal Surgery
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 3315 8529p.tekkis Website

 
 
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Location

 

Area DChelsea and Westminster HospitalChelsea and Westminster Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Baird:2017:10.1136/bmj.j1703,
author = {Baird, DLH and Simillis, C and Kontovounisios, C and Rasheed, S and Tekkis, PP},
doi = {10.1136/bmj.j1703},
journal = {BMJ},
title = {CLINICAL UPDATES Acute appendicitis},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j1703},
volume = {357},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency in the world, with around 50 000 and 300 000 acute appendicectomies performed annually in the UK and in the US respectively.12 However, its incidence is falling for unknown reasons.34This clinical update provides information on how patients may present and what investigations and treatments are available.
AU  - Baird,DLH
AU  - Simillis,C
AU  - Kontovounisios,C
AU  - Rasheed,S
AU  - Tekkis,PP
DO  - 10.1136/bmj.j1703
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1756-1833
TI  - CLINICAL UPDATES Acute appendicitis
T2  - BMJ
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j1703
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000399871400003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48493
VL  - 357
ER  -
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