TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gonzales, Ma. Esperanza O., MD.
TI  - A Case of interval appendectomy in a patient with thyroid storm / 
AV  - CFM20110001 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Fairview, Quezon City
PB  - Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; RESDCFM
N2  - ABSTRACT: With more than 2550,000 appendectomies performed annually, appedicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency.  Appendicitis is believed to occur as a result appendiceal luminal obstruction.  Obstruction is most commonly caused by a fecalith, which results from accumulation and inspissation of fecal matter around vegetable fibers.  But for paatients where an appendectomy can not be performed just like the patient in this case who has a thyroid storm an option called interval appendectomy can be done
ER  -