Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in patients with suspected appendicitis: A systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jaschinski, Thomas ^a   Mosch, Christoph ^a   Eikermann, Michaela ^a   Neugebauer, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Laparoscopy; Overview; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OPEN APPENDECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OPERATIVE TIME; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84927762087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-015-0277-3     Document Type: Article

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