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01-04-2010 | Guidelines

SAGES guideline for laparoscopic appendectomy

Authors: James R. Korndorffer Jr., Erika Fellinger, William Reed

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 4/2010

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The laparoscopic approach to appendectomy has gained wide acceptance over the last 15 years as a means of improved diagnostic accuracy and wound complication rate over the open procedure. Despite a breadth of data and widespread adoption of the technique, there continues to be controversy regarding the advantages of this approach in hastening postoperative recovery, as well as its use in the management of complicated appendicitis. The following guidelines provide recommendations to surgeons for the laparoscopic management of patients with both simple and complicated appendicitis. …

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Title: SAGES guideline for laparoscopic appendectomy
Authors: James R. Korndorffer Jr.
Erika Fellinger
William Reed
Publication date: 01-04-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0632-y

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