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Di Saverio S, Podda M, de Simone B, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines. World J Emerg Surg. 2020 Apr 15;15(1):27.Full text Abstract
Gorter RR, Eker HH, Gorter-Stam MA, et al. Diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis: EAES consensus development conference 2015. Surg Endosc. 2016 Nov;30(11):4668-90.Full text Abstract
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland; Royal College of Surgeons of England. Commissioning guide: emergency general surgery (acute abdominal pain). April 2014 [internet publication].Full text
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