Laparoscopic versus open surgical exploration in premenopausal women with suspected acute appendicitis

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 82-85

  Bruwer, F ^a   Coetzer, M ^a   Warren, B L ^a   Van Iddekinge, Basil ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346991826     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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