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ArticleClinical and experimental gastroenterology2019

Preoperative high C-reactive protein level is associated with an increased likelihood for conversion from laparoscopic to open appendectomy in patients with acute appendicitis.

Mitsugi Shimoda, Tsunehiko Maruyama, Kiyotaka Nishida, Kazuomi Suzuki, Tomoya Tago, Jiro Shimazaki, Shuji Suzuki

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Article in Clinical and experimental gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY: RISK FACTORS FOR CONVERSION TO LAPAROTOMY.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mitsugi ShimodaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki, Japan.
Tsunehiko MaruyamaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki, Japan.
Kiyotaka NishidaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki, Japan.
Kazuomi SuzukiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki, Japan.
Tomoya TagoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki, Japan.
Jiro ShimazakiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki, Japan.
Shuji SuzukiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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appendectomyconversionC-reactive proteinlaparoscopic

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PMID31114285
PMCPMC6497831

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