Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: A prospective randomized trial of 81 patients

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 457-462

  Hart, Richard ^a   Rajgopal, Chellapa ^a   Plewes, Arthur ^a   Sweeney, John ^a   Davies, Ward ^a   Gray, Daryl ^a   Taylor, Brian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029850814     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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