Laparoscopy should be the approach of choice for acute appendicitis in the morbidly obese

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-222

  Varela, J Esteban ^a   Hinojosa, Marcelo W ^b   Nguyen, Ninh T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Open

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47049107801     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.067     Document Type: Article

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