Laparoscopic Compared with Open Appendicectomy for Acute Appendicitis: A Prospective Study

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 385-390

  Chiarugi, Massimo ^a   Buccianti, Piero ^a   Celona, Giuseppe ^a   Decanini, Luigi ^a   Martino, Maria Carola ^a   Goletti, Orlando ^a   Cavina, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy; Laparoscopy; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029929137     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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