Laparoscopic appendectomies: Retrospective study of 2074 cases

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-172

  Champault, Axèle ^a   Polliand, Claude ^a   Mendes Da Costa, Pierre ^b   Champault, Gérard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449163908     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31816618f2     Document Type: Article

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