Randomized controlled trial with sequential design of laparoscopic versus conventional appendicectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 842-847

  Reiertsen, O ^a   Larsen, S ^b   Trondsen, E ^a   Edwin, B ^a   Faerden A E ^a   Rosseland, A R ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Medstat Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030918665     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840632     Document Type: Article

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