Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in children: A meta-analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Aziz, Omer ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Tekkis, Paris P ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Haddow, James ^a   Malinovski, Vitali ^a   Paraskeva, Paraskevas ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30144437882     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000193602.74417.14     Document Type: Review

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