Timing of intervention does not affect outcome in acute appendicitis in a large community practice

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 590-593

  Clyde, Courtney ^a   Bax, Timothy ^a   Merg, Anders ^a   MacFarlane, Mark ^a   Lin, Paul ^a   Beyersdorf, Steven ^a   McNevin, M Shane ^a  

^a Surgical Specialists of Spokane   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Laparoscopy; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049095873     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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