Impact of previous abdominal surgery on laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 570-573

  Wu, Jiann Ming ^a   Lin, Heng Fu ^a   Chen, Kuo Hsin ^a   Tseng, Li Ming ^a   Tsai, Ming Shian ^b   Huang, Shih Horng ^a  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Previous abdominal surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947324729     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9027-5     Document Type: Article

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