Mortality Following Appendicectomy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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¹ General Surgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG, UK. angela.kabia1@nhs.net.
² General Surgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG, UK.
³ General Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, F25, F Floor, Sheffield, S10 2J, UK.

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Angela Kabia et al. World J Surg. 2022 Oct.

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doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06605-x. Epub 2022 May 31.

¹ General Surgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG, UK. angela.kabia1@nhs.net.
² General Surgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG, UK.
³ General Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, F25, F Floor, Sheffield, S10 2J, UK.

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Authors' Reply: Mortality Following Appendicectomy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Rashid A, Gupta A, Adiamah A, West J, Grainge M, Humes DJ. Rashid A, et al. World J Surg. 2022 Oct;46(10):2549-2550. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06618-6. Epub 2022 Jun 12. World J Surg. 2022. PMID: 35691966 No abstract available.

Mortality Following Appendicectomy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Rashid A, Gupta A, Adiamah A, West J, Grainge M, Humes DJ. Rashid A, et al. World J Surg. 2022 Mar;46(3):531-541. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06373-0. Epub 2022 Jan 6. World J Surg. 2022. PMID: 34988603 Free PMC article.

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