Reduced social morbidity of laparoscopic appendectomy in children

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 779-782

  Tantoco, Joselito G ^a   Levitt, Marc A ^a,b   Hollands, Celeste M ^a   Brisseau, Guy F ^a   Caty, Michael G ^a   Glick, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 16544370602     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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