The laparoscopic approach in abdominal emergencies: Has the attitude changed? A single-center review of a 15-year experience

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1255-1262

  Agresta, F ^a   Mazzarolo, G ^a   Ciardo, L F ^a   Bedin, N ^a  

^a Presidio Ospedaliero di Vittorio Veneto ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal emergencies; Diagnosis; Laparoscopy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON PERFORATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTITIS; COLONIC DISEASES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 43049091231     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9602-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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