A cost-effective technique for laparoscopic appendectomy: outcomes and costs of a case-control prospective single-operator study of 112 unselected consecutive cases of complicated acute appendicitis

J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Mar;218(3):e51-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.12.003. Epub 2013 Dec 19.
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Publication types

  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Appendectomy / economics*
  • Appendectomy / methods*
  • Appendicitis / surgery*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Female
  • Hospital Costs
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / economics*
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome