Single port/incision laparoscopic surgery compared with standard three-port laparoscopic surgery for appendicectomy - a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Malik, Momin ^a   McCormack, Kirsty ^b   Krukowski, Zygmunt H ^a   McDonald, Alison ^b   McPherson, Gladys ^b   Cook, Jonathan A ^b   Ahmed, Irfan ^a   Alkari, Bassam ^c   Aly, Emad ^c   Bennie, Norman ^c   Bruce, Duff ^c   Janson, Jan ^c   King, Peter ^c   MacAdam, Tim ^c   McKinley, Aileen ^c   O'Kelly, Terry ^c   Park, Ken ^c   Qadir, Abdul ^c  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Appendicitis; Laparoscopic; SCARLESS; Single incision; Single port

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; DIHYDROCODEINE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PORT INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867901216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-201     Document Type: Article

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