Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy in older patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 557-562

  Southgate, Eleanor ^a   Vousden, Nicola ^a   Karthikesalingam, Alan ^b   Markar, Sheraz R ^c   Black, Stephen ^b   Zaidi, Ahsan ^a  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMBASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862639105     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.568     Document Type: Review

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