Appendicectomy by laparoscopy: Is it justified?;Justificación de la apendicectomía laparoscópica

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 447-455

  Del Río Martín, Juan V ^a   Ashraf Memon, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess etiology; Appendicectomy; Appendicectomy economics; Appendicectomy methods; Appendicitis surgery; Cost and cost analysis; Laparoscopic; Laparoscopic adverse effects; Surgery; Surgical wound infection; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

APPENDECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0040794147     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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