The use of laparoscopic surgery in pregnancy: Evaluation of safety and efficacy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-367

  Corneille, Michael G ^a   Gallup, Theresa M ^a   Bening, Thomas ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Brougher, Caitlin ^a   Myers, John G ^a   Dent, Daniel L ^a   Medrano, Gabriel ^b   Xenakis, Elly ^b   Stewart, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Cholecystitis; Laparoscopy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CYSTECTOMY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARIAN CYSTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956157436     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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