Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: Which way to go?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 4909-4914

  Kehagias, Ioannis ^a   Karamanakos, Stavros Nikolaos ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Spyros ^a   Panagopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Kalfarentzos, Fotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Conventional appendectomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION; APPENDICITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55449091157     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4909     Document Type: Article

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