Is laparoscopic appendectomy an effective procedure?

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-372

  Caravaggio, C ^a   Hauters, P ^a   Malvaux, P ^a   Landenne, J ^a   Janssen, P ^a  

^a Clinique Notre Dame   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Ectopic appendix; Laparoscopy; Overweight patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548816763     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2007.11680076     Document Type: Article

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