Patient and surgeon factors are associated with the use of laparoscopy in appendicitis

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-249

  Mccartan, D P ^a   Fleming, F J ^b   Hill, A D K ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84855754574     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02597.x     Document Type: Article

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