Laparoscopic appendectomy for complicated appendicitis: An evaluation of postoperative factors

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 969-973

  Ball, C G ^a   Kortbeek, J B ^a   Kirkpatrick, A W ^a   Mitchell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Complicated appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642547173     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-8262-2     Document Type: Article

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