Complicated appendicitis in children: is laparoscopic appendectomy appropriate? A comparative study with the open appendectomy-our experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1924-1927

  Wang, Xiaolin ^a   Zhang, Wen ^a   Yang, Xiaojin ^a   Shao, Jinfan ^a   Zhou, Xuefeng ^a   Yuan, Jiyan ^a  

^a Tongji Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Complicated appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Open appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350075226     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.03.037     Document Type: Article

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