Financial impact of surgical technique in the treatment of acute appendicitis in children

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 857-860

  Litz, Cristen ^a   Danielson, Paul D ^a   Gould, Jay ^a   Chandler, Nicole M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883607149     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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