Laparoscopic appendectomy for complicated appendicitis: A comparison with open appendectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-214

  Katsuno, Goutaro ^a   Nagakari, Kunihiko ^a   Yoshikawa, Seiichiro ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi ^a   Fukunaga, Masaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149459594     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9843-y     Document Type: Article

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