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- Title
Laparoscopic appendectomy is safe and efficacious for the elderly: an analysis using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database.
- Authors
Kim, Michael J; Fleming, Fergal J; Gunzler, Douglas D; Messing, Susan; Salloum, Rabih M; Monson, John R T
- Abstract
Despite increasing use of laparoscopic appendectomy, data demonstrating outcomes of this technique exclusively among the elderly population are scarce. This study aimed to compare 30-day postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay among elderly patients after appendectomy.
- Publication
Surgical endoscopy, 2011, Vol 25, Issue 6, p1802
- ISSN
1432-2218
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-010-1467-2