Laparoscopy-assisted single-port appendectomy in children: Is the postoperative infectious complication rate different?

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 867-871

  Sesia, Sergio B ^a   Haecker, Frank Martin ^a   Kubiak, Rainer ^b   Mayr, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY ASSISTED SINGLE PORT APPENDECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROSA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

EID: 78650496074     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2010.0180     Document Type: Article

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