Laparoscopic surgery in children

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 324-330

  Davenport, Mark ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Paediatric surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ANESTHESIST; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GALLSTONE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; ORCHIDOPEXY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PERFORATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE;

EID: 0141496001     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403769162440     Document Type: Review

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