Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Italy: An Appraisal of 26,863 Cases

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Agresta, Ferdinando ^a   De Simone, Paolo ^b   Leone, Leonardo ^c   Arezzo, Alberto ^d   Biondi, Antonio ^e   Bottero, Luca ^f   Catena, Fausto ^g   Conzo, Giovanni ^h   Del Genio, Gianmattia ⁱ   Fersini, Alberto ^j   Guerrieri, Mario ^k   Illomei, Giovanni ^l   Tonelli, Pietro ^m   Vitellaro, Marco ⁿ   Docimo, Giovanni ^h   Crucitti, Antonio ^o  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale St Charles   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^f Policlinico San Pietro   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^l Studio Radiologico del Corso ^*  (Italy)

^m CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^o CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ALGORITHM; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERITONITIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 10744230447     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109264204322862270     Document Type: Article

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