Open versus laparoscopic appendicectomy: A critical review

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1060-1068

  Kapischke, M ^a   Caliebe, A ^a   Tepel, J ^a   Schulz, T ^b   Hedderich, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical review; Laparoscopic appendicectomy; Randomised study

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APPENDECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33746111521     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0016-x     Document Type: Review

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