Laparoscopic appendectomies: Results of a monocentric prospective and non-randomized study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 76, 2007, Pages 1146-1152

  Nana, Albert M ^a   Ouandji, Christian Ngongang ^a   Simoens, Christian ^a   Smets, Dirk ^a   Da Costa, Pierre Mendes ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Laparoscopy; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347333623     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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