Laparoscopic appendectomy is a favorable alternative for complicated appendicitis in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-259

  Mallick, Mohammad Saquib ^a   Al Qahtani, Aayed ^a   Al Bassam, Abdulrahman ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; GANGRENE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; UMBILICUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33847120224     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1833-2     Document Type: Article

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