Single-port laparoscopic appendectomy versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy: Evidence from randomized controlled trials and nonrandomized comparative studies

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-21

  Qiu, Jianguo ^a   Yuan, Haichao ^a   Chen, Shuting ^a   He, Zhiliang ^b   Wu, Hong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 port; appendectomy; appendicitis; conventional; laparoscopy; single port

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894223739     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3182937da4     Document Type: Review

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