Pure transvaginal appendectomy versus traditional laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-269

  Roberts, Kurt E ^a,b   Solomon, Daniel ^a,b   Mirensky, Tamar ^a,b   Silasi, Dan Arin ^a,b   Duffy, Andrew J ^a,b   Rutherford, Tom ^a,b   Longo, Walter E ^a,b   Bell, Robert L ^a,b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSVAGINAL APPENDECTOMY; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855842405     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31823b2748     Document Type: Article

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