Laparoscopic appendicectomy for complicated appendicitis: Is it safe and justified? A retrospective analysis

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-145

  Khiria, Lakshman S ^a   Ardhnari, Ramesh ^a   Mohan, Narshimhan ^a   Kumar, Palaniappan ^a   Nambiar, Rajesh ^a  

^a Meenakshi Mission Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Complicated appendicitis; Intra abdominal abscess; Laparoscopic appendicectomy; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN APPENDICECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051901101     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31821ad770     Document Type: Article

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