Emergency laparoscopy for acute abdominal conditions: A prospective study

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-602

  Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman S ^a   Nasser, Maher A ^a   Abdullah, Mohammad M ^a   Ali, Adel M ^a   Kaman, Lileswar ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIVERTICULITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SUTURING METHOD;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 50149098584     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2007.0199     Document Type: Article

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