A comparison of polymer clips and endoloop applications for securing the appendiceal stump during laparoscopic surgery in children

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-352

  Akbiyik, Fatih ^a   Senel, Emrah ^a   Bayram Kabacam, Gülşah ^a   Demirkan, Hasan ^a   Atayurt, Halil ^a   Tiryaki, Tuǧrul ^a  

^a Diskapi Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICEAL STUMP; APPENDIX; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOLOOP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIGATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLYMER CLIP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POLYMERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054921878     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31822d68ca     Document Type: Article

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