Appendicitis in the elderly: A change in the laparoscopic era

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 777-781

  Paranjape, C ^a   Dalia, S ^a   Pan, J ^a   Horattas, M ^a  

^a AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Elderly; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247644464     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9097-4     Document Type: Review

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