Open appendectomy. When do we still need it?;Offene Appendektomie: Wann wird sie noch gebraucht?

Chirurg

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 602-607

  Reissfelder C ^a,b   Cafferty, B M ^b   von Frankenberg, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Salem   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Complicated appendicitis; Costs; Gender; Infrastructure; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Open appendectomy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350164922     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-009-1683-2     Document Type: Article

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