Outcomes and cost analysis of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for treatment of acute appendicitis: 4-years experience in a district hospital

BMC Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Minutolo, Vincenzo ^a   Licciardello, Alessio ^a   Di Stefano, Biagio ^a   Arena, Manuel ^a   Arena, Goffredo ^b   Antonacci, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Division of General Surgery Civil Hospital of Ragusa ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Costs; Intra abdominal abscess; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Length of hospital stay; Open appendectomy; Operative time

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907663197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-14-14     Document Type: Article

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