Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy for Appendicitis in Elderly Patients
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy for Appendicitis in Elderly Patients
PURPOSE The appendectomy is the most common emergent surgical procedure in elderly patients. The increasing number of elderly persons has been accompanied by an increase in the number of cases of acute appendicitis in the elderly. In order to understand the clinical significance of a laparoscopic appendectomy for elderly patients with appendicitis, we investigated the results of a laparoscopic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2093-7822
DOI: 10.3393/jksc.2011.27.5.241