Transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy: An extracorporeal single-incision alternative to conventional laparoscopic techniques

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-560

  Shekherdimian, Shant ^a   DeUgarte, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRACORPOREAL SINGLE INCISION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NONPERFORATED APPENDICITIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROCECAL APPENDIX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSUMBILICAL LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED APPENDECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROCAR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

EID: 79958110332     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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