Chronic right lower abdominal quadrant pain and the vermiform appendix
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Origin of chronic right upper quadrant pain.
We have studied 22 consecutive patients referred for investigation of severe chronic right upper quadrant pain. The majority were women whose symptoms had been present for many years. All had undergone repeated investigations of the pancreatico-biliary, gastro-intestinal, urinary, and even gynaecological systems without a satisfactory diagnosis. Most had undergone at least one abdominal operati...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20160230