Is open appendectomy still up-to-date?;Ist die offene appendektomie noch zeitgemäß?

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-117

  Näf, Remo ^a   Buchmann, P ^a  

^a Chirurgische Klinik Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14144254249     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.62.2.111     Document Type: Review

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