Laparoscopy utilization and outcomes for appendicitis in small children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1941-1945

  Zwintscher, Nathan P ^a   Johnson, Eric K ^a   Martin, Matthew J ^a   Newton, Christopher R ^a,b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOREIGN BODY; GANGRENE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEROMA; SHOCK; SURGICAL WOUND;

APPENDICITIS; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY;

AGE OF ONSET; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884936354     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.12.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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