Economic impact of laparoscopic versus open abdominal rectopexy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1188-1191

  Salkeld, G ^a   Bagia, M ^b   Solomon, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL PROLAPSE;

EID: 4444325791     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4643     Document Type: Article

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