Appendicitis in the modern era: universal problem and variable treatment

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1897-1902

  Bliss, Lindsay A ^a   Yang, Catherine J ^a   Kent, Tara S ^a   Ng, Sing Chau ^a   Critchlow, Jonathan F ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy; Complications; Laparoscopy; NIS

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND DEHISCENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APPENDICITIS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935839269     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3882-2     Document Type: Article

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