Harry Truman's Complicated Cholecystectomy.
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Pappas, TN; Gloria, JN; Barr, J
Published in: Ann Surg Open
March 2022
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, developed right-sided abdominal pain the year after he left office. Misdiagnosed with appendicitis, Truman underwent an appendectomy before a cholecystectomy treated the underlying cholecystitis. This error was concealed at the time from the American people. His postoperative course was closely followed by Americans through newspapers and was complicated by a bout of Clostridium difficile colitis. Truman survived this episode to die of heart failure decades later.
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Ann Surg Open
DOI
EISSN
2691-3593
Publication Date
March 2022
Volume
3
Issue
1
Start / End Page
e150
Location
United States
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Pappas, T. N., Gloria, J. N., & Barr, J. (2022). Harry Truman's Complicated Cholecystectomy. Ann Surg Open, 3(1), e150. https://doi.org/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000150
Pappas, Theodore N., Jared N. Gloria, and Justin Barr. “Harry Truman's Complicated Cholecystectomy.” Ann Surg Open 3, no. 1 (March 2022): e150. https://doi.org/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000150.
Pappas TN, Gloria JN, Barr J. Harry Truman's Complicated Cholecystectomy. Ann Surg Open. 2022 Mar;3(1):e150.
Pappas, Theodore N., et al. “Harry Truman's Complicated Cholecystectomy.” Ann Surg Open, vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 2022, p. e150. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/AS9.0000000000000150.
Pappas TN, Gloria JN, Barr J. Harry Truman's Complicated Cholecystectomy. Ann Surg Open. 2022 Mar;3(1):e150.
Published In
Ann Surg Open
DOI
EISSN
2691-3593
Publication Date
March 2022
Volume
3
Issue
1
Start / End Page
e150
Location
United States