Laparoscopic vs conventional appendectomy - A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 383, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 289-295

  Sauerland, Stefan ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^a   Holthausen, Ulla ^a   Neugebauer, Edmund A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Laparoscopy; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031705734     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050135     Document Type: Article

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