Transumbilical laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis: A reliable one-port procedure

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1115-1120

  Lee, Shin Yi ^a   Lee, Hui Ming ^a   Hsieh, Chih Sung ^b   Chuang, Jiin Haur ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b PINGTUNG CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; One port laparoscopic appendectomy; TOPLA; Transumbilical laparoscopic appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSUMBILICAL ONE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79954427380     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1326-1     Document Type: Article

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