Ten-year experience with pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy - Are we getting better?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 842-845

  Phillips, Stephanie ^a   Walton, J Mark ^a   Chin, Ian ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^a   Fitzgerald, Peter ^a   Cameron, Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Laparoscopic; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 19444386388     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.01.054     Document Type: Article

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