Laparoscopic appendectomy is the preferred approach for appendicitis: A retrospective review of two practice patterns

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 859-864

  Nakhamiyayev, Vadim ^a   Galldin, Lars ^a   Chiarello, Mario ^a   Lumba, Angela ^a   Gorecki, Piotr J ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Costs; Laparoscopic; Length of stay; Operation time

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PHLEBITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77952505167     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0678-x     Document Type: Article

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