Initial experience with laparoscopic assisted appendicectomy, using an umbilical one-trocar technique

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-9

  Rosso, R D ^a   Wettstein, M ^a   Bruttin, J M ^a   Meyer, A ^a  

^a Hopital de Zone   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendicectomy; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031935513     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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