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Ochsner-Sherren treatment
Associated persons:
Albert John Ochsner
James Sherren
Description:
Conservative approach to appendicitis of more than 48 hours duration. The method is now obosolete. First described by Ochsner in 1901, then by Sherren in 1905.
Bibliography:
- A. J. Ochsner:
The cause of diffuse peritonitis complicating appendicitis and its prevention.
Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1901, 36: 1747-1754.
Reprinted in Medical Classics, 1940, 4: 600-626.
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