Early discharge after open appendicectomy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 361-365

  Lord, Reginald V N ^a,b   Sloane, David R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

appendicectomy; appendicitis; diagnosis; economics; epidemiology; laparoscopic; len gth of stay; postoperative complications; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029941638     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb01211.x     Document Type: Article

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