Single-incision versus conventional three-incision laparoscopic appendectomy: A single centre experience

Surgery Today

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 542-546

  Amos, Siwo Ernest ^a   Shuo Dong, Wu ^a   Fan, Ying ^a   Tian, Yu ^a   Chen, Chun Chih ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Laparoendoscopic single site surgery; Laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE INCISION APPENDECTOMY; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE INCISION APPENDECTOMY; TROCAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863989811     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-011-0110-8     Document Type: Article

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