Does laparoscopic appendectomy impart an advantage over open appendectomy in elderly patients?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1534-1539

  Masoomi, Hossein ^a   Mills, Steven ^a   Dolich, Matthew O ^a   Ketana, Noor ^a   Carmichael, Joseph C ^a   Nguyen, Ninh T ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864276668     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1545-9     Document Type: Article

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