Laparoscopic appendicectomy is associated with a lower complication rate even during the introductory phase

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 389, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 517-523

  Kapischke, Matthias ^a,b   Tepel, Juergen ^c   Bley, Klaus ^a  

^a Friedrich Ebert Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Conversion rate; Laparoscopic appendicectomy; Open appendicectomy; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11144316759     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-004-0511-x     Document Type: Article

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