Single-site versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy: Comparison of short-term operative outcomes

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-40

  Cho, Min Soo ^a   Min, Byung Soh ^a   Hong, Young Ki ^a   Lee, Woo Jung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Single site laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SINGLE SITE LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79251603392     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1124-9     Document Type: Article

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