Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in West Bengal, India

Chinese Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 165-169

  Utpal, De ^a,b  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Laparoscopic; Mann Whitney statistics; Open; Ranksum; Z test

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK RESUMPTION; WOUND INFECTION; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644829408     PISSN: 14439611     EISSN: 14439573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-9573.2005.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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