Comparison of intracorporeal knot-tying suture (polyglactin) and titanium endoclips in laparoscopic appendiceal stump closure: A prospective randomized study

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-231

  Ates, Mustafa ^a   Dirican, Abuzer ^a   Ince, Volkan ^a   Ara, Cengiz ^a   Isik, Burak ^a   Yilmaz, Sezai ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Endoclip; Knot tying; laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SUTURE;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POLYGLACTIN 910; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84862585795     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31824f25cd     Document Type: Article

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