Current status of laparoscopic appendectomy

Current Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 506-512

  McKinlay, Rodrick ^a   Mastrangelo Jr , Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHLEGMON; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADHESIONS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043197397     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(03)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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