Management of acute appendicitis in ambulatory surgery: Is it possible? How to select patients?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1167-1172

  Lefrancois, Magalie ^a   Lefevre, Jérémie H ^a   Chafai, Najim ^a   Pitel, Sophie ^a   Kerger, Laure ^a   Agostini, Julie ^a   Canard, Guillaume ^a   Tiret, Emmanuel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Appendicitis; Early discharge; Laparoscopic surgery; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943416772     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000795     Document Type: Article

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