Single-incision appendectomy is comparable to conventional laparoscopic appendectomy: A systematic review and pooled analysis

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-327

  Gill, Richdeep S ^a   Shi, Xinzhe ^b   Al Adra, David P ^a   Birch, Daniel W ^b   Karmali, Shahzeer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

appendectomy; single incision laparoscopic surgery; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVENTIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865508005     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31824f2cf8     Document Type: Review

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