Risk factors of converting to laparotomy in laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-114

  Abe, Tomoyuki ^a   Nagaie, Takashi ^a   Miyazaki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Ochi, Miho ^a   Fukuya, Tatsuro ^a   Kajiyama, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Laparotomy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORATION; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84879817520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEG.S41571     Document Type: Article

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