Laparoscopic appendicectomy in obese is associated with improvements in clinical outcome: Systematic review

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 250-256

  Dasari, Bobby V M ^a   Baker, Jill ^a   Markar, Sheraz ^b   Gardiner, Keith ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Emergency; Laparoscopy; Meta analysis; Obese; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APPENDICITIS; COMPLICATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; OBESITY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84921528696     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.11.052     Document Type: Article

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