Laparoscopic appendicectomy: Current status

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 393-402

  Memon, Muhammed Ashraf ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess aetiology; Appendicectomy; Appendicectomy economics; Appendicectomy methods; Appendicitis surgery; Cost and cost analysis; Laparoscopic adverse effects; Surgery, laparoscopic; Surgical wound infection; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

APPENDECTOMY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030665885     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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