Laparoscopic appendectomy outcomes on the weekend and during the week are no different: A national study of 151,774 patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1527-1533

  Worni, Mathias ^a,b   Østbye, Truls ^a,c   Gandhi, Mihir ^a,c,d   Rajgor, Dimple ^a   Shah, Jatin ^a   Shah, Anand ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Jacobs, Danny O ^a   Guller, Ulrich ^b,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864287188     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1550-z     Document Type: Article

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