Improved outcomes for laparoscopic appendectomy compared with open appendectomy in the pediatric population

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 693-697

  Schmelzer, Thomas M ^a   Rana, Ankur R ^a   Walters, K Christian ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Bambini, Daniel A ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148839048     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2007.0070     Document Type: Article

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