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01-08-2011 | Letter to the Editor

Reply to the letter to the editor

Authors: Hannu Lintula, Matti Eskelinen, Hannu Kokki

Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | Issue 6/2011

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We thank Dr. Wiwanitkit for his interest in our paper [1] and note his concern regarding whether the Lintula score is user friendly in clinical work and whether the use of the Lintula score may lead to an increased rate of negative appendectomies. …

Lintula H, Kokki H, Pulkkinen J, Kettunen R, Gröhn O, Eskelinen M (2010) Diagnostic score in acute appendicitis. Validation of a diagnostic score (Lintula score) for adults with suspected appendicitis. Langenbecks Arch Surg 395(5):495–500PubMedCrossRef

Title: Reply to the letter to the editor
Authors: Hannu Lintula
Matti Eskelinen
Hannu Kokki
Publication date: 01-08-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery / Issue 6/2011
Print ISSN: 1435-2443
Electronic ISSN: 1435-2451
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-010-0721-3

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