Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly: Our experience

BMC Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Ferrarese, Alessia G ^a   Martino, Valter ^a   Enrico, Stefano ^a   Falcone, Alessandro ^a   Catalano, Silvia ^a   Pozzi, Giada ^a   Marola, Silvia ^a   Solej, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885344946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S22     Document Type: Article

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