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Male Gender is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Appendicitis Following Nonoperative Treatment

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  1. Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Emergency Surgery Unit, S. Orsola Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena & Luca Ansaloni

  2. General and Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Salomone Di Saverio & Elio Jovine

  3. Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy

    Salomone Di Saverio & Gregorio Tugnoli

  4. General Surgery I Department, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy

    Federico Coccolini, Michele Pisano & Luca Ansaloni

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Di Saverio, S., Coccolini, F., Pisano, M. et al. Male Gender is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Appendicitis Following Nonoperative Treatment. World J Surg 36, 486–487 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1278-1

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