Outcomes of laparoscopic and open appendectomy for acute appendicitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1372-1376

  Masoomi, Hossein ^a   Mills, Steven D ^a   Dolich, Matthew O ^a   Dang, Phat ^a   Carmichael, Joseph C ^a   Nguyen, Ninh T ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755142729     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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