Trend, variability, and outcome of open vs. laparoscopic appendectomy based on a large administrative database

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2353-2359

  Saia, Mario ^a   Buja, Alessandra ^b   Baldovin, Tatjana ^b   Callegaro, Giampietro ^c   Sandonà, Paolo ^b   Mantoan, Domenico ^a   Baldo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Health Agency of the Veneto Region   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c EuroHealth Net   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Delivery of health care; Disease management; Health care surveys; Surgical approach; Trend and variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84864030437     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2188-5     Document Type: Article

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