Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: A prospective randomized trial

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-339

  Macarulla, Enric ^a,c   Vallet, Josep ^a   Abad, Josep M ^a   Hussein, Hassan ^c   Fernández, Enric ^a   Nieto, Bartolomé ^b  

^a Igualada General Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Open appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030751807     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199708000-00016     Document Type: Article

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