Safety and clinical efficacy of laparoscopic appendectomy for pregnant women with acute appendicitis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 82-86

  Eom, Jeong Min ^a   Hong, Jin Hwa ^a   Jeon, Seung Wook ^a   Choi, Joong Sub ^a   Lee, Jung Hun ^a   Kim, Hyung Ook ^a   Kim, Hungdai ^a   Choi, Pil Cho ^a   Han, Sang Kuk ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONEUM ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 84863276361     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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