Comparison of outcomes of laparoscopic and open appendectomy in management of uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 927-932

  Tiwari, Manish M ^a   Reynoso, Jason F ^a   Tsang, Albert W ^a   Oleynikov, Dmitry ^a  

^a 985126 Nebraska Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNCOMPLICATED APPENDICITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855169998     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31822aa8ea     Document Type: Article

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