Patient and parental scar assessment after single incision versus standard 3-port laparoscopic appendectomy: Long-term follow-up from a prospective randomized trial

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-122

  Gasior, Alessandra C ^a   Knott, E Marty ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Cosmetic; Laparoscopy; Pediatrics; Single incision

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PARENT; PATIENT SCAR ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SATISFACTION; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE SITE APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH;

APPENDECTOMY; COSMETIC; LAPAROSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; SINGLE-INCISION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892612814     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.09.041     Document Type: Article

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