Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy in children: Outcomes comparison based on age, sex, and perforation status

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1118-1121

  Lee, Steven L ^a   Yaghoubian, Arezou ^a   Kaji, Amy ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054734496     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.144     Document Type: Article

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