Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy: An Analysis of Outcomes in 17,199 Patients Using ACS/NSQIP

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1955-1962

  Page, Andrew J ^a   Pollock, Jonathan D ^a   Perez, Sebastian ^a   Davis, S Scott ^a   Lin, Edward ^a   Sweeney, John F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Complications; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649693906     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1300-1     Document Type: Article

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