Two-trocar laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with acute appendicitis

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Konstadoulakis, Manousos M ^a,c   Gomatos, Ilias P ^a   Antonakis, Pantelis T ^a   Manouras, Andreas ^a   Albanopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Nikiteas, Nikolaos ^b   Leandros, Emmanuel ^a   Bramis, John ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TROCAR; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645289422     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.16.27     Document Type: Article

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