Cost analysis of minimally invasive surgery in a pediatric setting

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-379

  Mahomed, Anies A ^a   Mclean, Vanessa ^a  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CRYPTORCHISM; DATA BASE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOCELE;

APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COST CONTROL; COST SAVINGS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FUNDOPLICATION; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INVENTORIES, HOSPITAL; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATING ROOMS; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 34250837441     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.0077     Document Type: Article

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