Transumbilical single-port laparoscopic appendectomy (TUSPLA): Scarless intracorporeal appendectomy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-78

  Hong, Tae Ho ^a   Kim, Hyung Lan ^a   Lee, Yoon Suk ^a,b   Kim, Jin Jo ^a   Lee, Keun Ho ^a   You, Young Kyoung ^a   Oh, Se Jeong ^a   Park, Seung Man ^a  

^a Bupyeong gu   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OMPHALITIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERICECAL ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; SAFETY; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSUMBILICAL SINGLE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCAR; TUBE; UMBILICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

EID: 60549117170     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0338     Document Type: Article

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