Feasibility of single-incision pediatric endosurgery for treatment of appendicitis in 415 children

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 604-608

  Lacher, Martin ^a,b   Muensterer, Oliver J ^c   Yannam, Govardhana R ^a   Aprahamian, Charles J ^a   Perger, Lena ^a,d   Megison, Michael ^a   Yu, David C ^a   Beierle, Elizabeth A ^a   Anderson, Scott A ^a   Chen, Mike K ^a   Harmon, Carroll M ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CECUM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE INCISION PEDIATRIC ENDOSURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864247089     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2012.0107     Document Type: Article

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