Outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy should be the standard of care for uncomplicated appendicitis

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-83

  Frazee, Richard C ^a   Abernathy, Stephen W ^a   Davis, Matthew ^a   Hendricks, John C ^a   Isbell, Travis V ^a   Regner, Justin L ^a   Smith, Randall W ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic appendectomy; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892156828     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182ab0d42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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