Laparoscopic appendectomy: Burden or benefit? A single-center experience

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-429

  Shalak, Firas ^a   AlMulhim, Saad I ^a,b   Ghantous, Saleem ^a   Yazbeck, Salam ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349199752     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2008.0109     Document Type: Article

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