Outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy in children: A single center experience with 92 cases

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-50

  Akkoyun, Ibrahim ^a  

^a Section of Pediatric Surgery   (Turkey)

Author keywords

appendectomy; appendicitis; children; laparoscopy; length of hospital stay; outpatient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873685153     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31826e4450     Document Type: Article

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