Laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis: A safe same-day surgery procedure?

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 802-805

  Cross, Wirt ^a   Kowdley, Gopal Chandru ^a  

^a ST AGNES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882359804     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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