Diabetes mellitus and cerebrovascular disease as independent determinants for increased hospital costs and length of stay in open appendectomy in comparison with laparoscopic appendectomy: A nationwide cohort study

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-334

  Yeh, Chun Chieh ^a,b   Hsieh, Chi Hsun ^b   Liao, Chien Chang ^b,c   Su, L I Ting ^b   Wang, Y U Chun ^b   Li, Tsai Chung ^a,b,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84863180751     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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