Randomized clinical trial of early laparoscopy in the management of acute non-specific abdominal pain

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1383-1386

  Decadt, B ^a   Sussman, L ^a   Lewis, M P N ^a   Secker, A ^a   Cohen, L ^a   Rogers, C ^a   Patel, A ^a   Rhodes, M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032697106     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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