Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for diverticular disease: A meta-analysis of nonrandomized studies

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 446-463

  Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Constantinides, Vasilis A ^a   Tekkis, Paris P ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Aziz, Omer ^a   Tilney, Henry ^a   Darzi, Ara W ^a   Heriot, Alexander G ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diverticular disease; Laparoscopy; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645340326     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0316-1     Document Type: Article

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