Single incision laparoscopic surgery for acute appendicitis: Feasibility in pediatric patients

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chow, Andre ^a   Aziz, Omer ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Paraskeva, Paraskevas ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 80054912253     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: 10290516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/294958     Document Type: Article

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