Randomized clinical trial evaluating elective laparoscopic appendicectomy for chronic right lower-quadrant pain

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-174

  Roumen, R M H ^a   Groenendijk, R P R ^a   Sloots, C E J ^a   Duthoi, K E S ^a   Scheltinga, M R M ^a   Bruijninckx, C M A ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349149295     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6026     Document Type: Article

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