Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: Prospective randomized trial

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-21

  Hansen, John Brendan ^a   Smithers, Bernard Mark ^a,b   Schache, David ^a   Wall, Daryl Robert ^a   Miller, Brian John ^a,b   Menzies, Betty Lynette ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030027943     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900003     Document Type: Article

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