Laparoscopy not recommended for routine appendectomy in men: Results of a prospective randomized study

Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-74

  Mutter, D ^a   Vix, M ^a   Bui, A ^a   Evrard, S ^a   Tassetti, V ^a   Breton, J F ^a   Marescaux, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0029789771     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(96)80243-1     Document Type: Article

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