Efficacy of laparoscopic appendectomy in appendicitis with peritonitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Mancini, Gregory J ^a,b,c   Mancini, Matthew L ^a   Nelson Jr , Henry S ^a   Crass, Richard A ^c   Namias, Nicholas ^c   Haller Jr , J Alex ^c   Ballinger, Jeanne F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORATION; PERITONITIS; PHLEGMON; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944365536     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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