title: Appendicitis--pitfalls and medicolegal implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. jkarpel@ich.uct.ac.za
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Karpelowsky
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bickler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rode
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans