Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy in obese patients: Outcomes using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-99

  Mason, Rodney J ^a   Moazzez, Ashkan ^a   Moroney, Jolene R ^a   Katkhouda, Namir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863003512     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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