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Efficacy of emergency laparoscopic appendectomy in treating complicated appendicitis for elderly patients

OBJECTIVE: To assess the therapeutic effects of emergency laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) in treating complicated appendicitis (CA) for elderly patients (defined as age >65 years). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 115 elderly patients with CA who underwent surgical therapy in the Aff...

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Autores principales: Wu, Tian-Chong, Lu, Qiao, Huang, Zhi-Yong, Liang, Xio-Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5767613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114698
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.11.20469