Securing the appendiceal stump with the Gea extracorporeal sliding knot during laparoscopic appendectomy is safe and economical

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1764-1767

  Arcovedo, R ^a   Barrera, H ^a   Reyes, H S ^a  

^a Department of General Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Gea; Knot; Laparoscopic; Stump

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COLON FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPLER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548606321     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9239-3     Document Type: Article

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