Appendicectomy for simple appendicitis: Video-assisted or intracorporeal?

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 478-482

  Mattioli, Girolamo ^a   Castagnetti, Marco ^a   Jasonni, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TITANIUM CLIP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 34548060349     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.0124     Document Type: Article

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