Safety of laparoscopic appendectomy during pregnancy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-480

  Kirshtein, Boris ^a,b   Perry, Zvi Howard ^a,b   Avinoach, Eliezer ^a,b   Mizrahi, Solly ^a,b   Lantsberg, Leonid ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449093878     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9890-4     Document Type: Article

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