JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, 06/2015, Volume 313, Issue 23, pp. 2340 - 2348
IMPORTANCE An increasing amount of evidence supports the use of antibiotics instead of surgery for treating patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis....
DIAGNOSIS | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMIES | NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT | METAANALYSIS | ADULTS | OUTCOMES | 1ST-LINE THERAPY | SUSPECTED APPENDICITIS | PERFORATION | Length of Stay | Acute Disease | Appendectomy | Appendix - pathology | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Male | Laparoscopy | Young Adult | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Administration, Intravenous | Emergency Treatment | Metronidazole - therapeutic use | Treatment Failure | Adolescent | Intention to Treat Analysis | Appendicitis - surgery | Levofloxacin - therapeutic use | Adult | Female | Drug Therapy, Combination | beta-Lactams - therapeutic use | Postoperative Complications | Appendicitis - drug therapy | Care and treatment | Usage | Antibiotics | Appendicitis | Clinical trials | Comparative analysis | Tomography | Drug therapy
DIAGNOSIS | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMIES | NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT | METAANALYSIS | ADULTS | OUTCOMES | 1ST-LINE THERAPY | SUSPECTED APPENDICITIS | PERFORATION | Length of Stay | Acute Disease | Appendectomy | Appendix - pathology | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Male | Laparoscopy | Young Adult | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Administration, Intravenous | Emergency Treatment | Metronidazole - therapeutic use | Treatment Failure | Adolescent | Intention to Treat Analysis | Appendicitis - surgery | Levofloxacin - therapeutic use | Adult | Female | Drug Therapy, Combination | beta-Lactams - therapeutic use | Postoperative Complications | Appendicitis - drug therapy | Care and treatment | Usage | Antibiotics | Appendicitis | Clinical trials | Comparative analysis | Tomography | Drug therapy
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Childhood acute appendicitis: is routine appendicectomy advised?, 12/2006
Acute appendicitis is a common occurrence in children. The current trend is to perform appendicectomy once acute appendicitis is diagnosed. The aim of this...
Acute appendicitis, children, diagnosis, negative appendicectomy rate
Acute appendicitis, children, diagnosis, negative appendicectomy rate
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Meta‐analysis of antibiotics versus appendicectomy for non‐perforated acute appendicitis
British Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0007-1323, 05/2016, Volume 103, Issue 6, pp. 656 - 667
Background For more than a century, appendicectomy has been the treatment of choice for appendicitis. Recent trials have challenged this view. This study...
UNITED-STATES | SURGERY | RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL | SYSTEMATIC REVIEWERS | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | MANAGEMENT | THERAPY | CLINICAL-TRIAL | UNCOMPLICATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS | ADDRESSING CONTINUOUS DATA | Length of Stay | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Appendectomy - adverse effects | Recurrence | Humans | Appendicitis - therapy | Appendicitis - surgery | Treatment Outcome | Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects | Sick Leave | Appendectomy - methods | Appendicitis - drug therapy | Antibiotics | Appendicitis | Analysis | Systematic Review | Systematic Reviews
UNITED-STATES | SURGERY | RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL | SYSTEMATIC REVIEWERS | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | MANAGEMENT | THERAPY | CLINICAL-TRIAL | UNCOMPLICATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS | ADDRESSING CONTINUOUS DATA | Length of Stay | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Appendectomy - adverse effects | Recurrence | Humans | Appendicitis - therapy | Appendicitis - surgery | Treatment Outcome | Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects | Sick Leave | Appendectomy - methods | Appendicitis - drug therapy | Antibiotics | Appendicitis | Analysis | Systematic Review | Systematic Reviews
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American Journal of Surgery, The, ISSN 0002-9610, 2016, Volume 213, Issue 4, pp. 731 - 738
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess predictive factors for negative appendectomy and to evaluate the outcomes of negative appendectomy....
Surgery | Predictive factor | Negative appendectomy | Outcome | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | ABDOMINAL CT | PREOPERATIVE CT | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | CO-MORBIDITY | EQUIVOCAL CT FINDINGS | IMAGING FEATURES | SUSPECTED APPENDICITIS | TERM MORTALITY | PERFORATION | Severity of Illness Index | Appendectomy | Age Factors | Humans | Male | Tomography, X-Ray Computed | Unnecessary Procedures | Appendix - diagnostic imaging | Operative Time | Young Adult | Adolescent | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Leukocyte Count | Retrospective Studies | Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data | Postoperative Complications | Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data | Republic of Korea | Statistical analysis | Medical imaging | Laboratories | Appendicitis | Complications | Blood cells | Neutrophils | Emergency medical care | Inflammation | Blood | Appendix | Abdomen | Computed tomography | Quality | Ultrasonography | Appendix (anatomy) | Patient satisfaction
Surgery | Predictive factor | Negative appendectomy | Outcome | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | ABDOMINAL CT | PREOPERATIVE CT | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | CO-MORBIDITY | EQUIVOCAL CT FINDINGS | IMAGING FEATURES | SUSPECTED APPENDICITIS | TERM MORTALITY | PERFORATION | Severity of Illness Index | Appendectomy | Age Factors | Humans | Male | Tomography, X-Ray Computed | Unnecessary Procedures | Appendix - diagnostic imaging | Operative Time | Young Adult | Adolescent | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Leukocyte Count | Retrospective Studies | Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data | Postoperative Complications | Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data | Republic of Korea | Statistical analysis | Medical imaging | Laboratories | Appendicitis | Complications | Blood cells | Neutrophils | Emergency medical care | Inflammation | Blood | Appendix | Abdomen | Computed tomography | Quality | Ultrasonography | Appendix (anatomy) | Patient satisfaction
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ANZ Journal of Surgery, ISSN 1445-1433, 11/2012, Volume 82, Issue 11, pp. 844 - 847
Background Debate surrounds the management of the macroscopically normal appendix. Current literature recommends its removal given the high incidence of...
endometriosis | worms | appendicectomy | faecoliths | appendix | Endometriosis | Faecoliths | Appendicectomy | Appendix | Worms | SURGERY | IMPACT | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | EXPERIENCE | OF-THE-LITERATURE | CHILDREN | Humans | Middle Aged | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Cecal Diseases - epidemiology | Young Adult | Cecal Diseases - surgery | Time Factors | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Child | Appendicitis | Pathology | Appendectomy
endometriosis | worms | appendicectomy | faecoliths | appendix | Endometriosis | Faecoliths | Appendicectomy | Appendix | Worms | SURGERY | IMPACT | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | EXPERIENCE | OF-THE-LITERATURE | CHILDREN | Humans | Middle Aged | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Cecal Diseases - epidemiology | Young Adult | Cecal Diseases - surgery | Time Factors | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Child | Appendicitis | Pathology | Appendectomy
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American Surgeon, ISSN 0003-1348, 10/2017, Volume 83, Issue 10, pp. 1103 - 1107
Acute appendicitis is a common nonobstetric indication for surgical intervention during pregnancy with serious potential complications for the mother and...
ACUTE APPENDICITIS | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | Appendectomy | Codes | Costs | Complications | Perforation | Appendicitis | Premature birth | Fetuses | Pregnancy complications | Risk | Laparoscopy | Medical diagnosis | Patients | Morbidity | Childbirth & labor | Pregnancy | Womens health | Surgery | Cost analysis | Teaching hospitals
ACUTE APPENDICITIS | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | Appendectomy | Codes | Costs | Complications | Perforation | Appendicitis | Premature birth | Fetuses | Pregnancy complications | Risk | Laparoscopy | Medical diagnosis | Patients | Morbidity | Childbirth & labor | Pregnancy | Womens health | Surgery | Cost analysis | Teaching hospitals
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Annals of Surgery, ISSN 0003-4932, 01/2016, Volume 263, Issue 1, pp. 184 - 190
OBJECTIVE:To compare trends in pediatric emergency appendectomy and adverse surgical outcomes between district general hospitals (DGHs) and specialist...
Hospital volume | Children | Trends | Emergency appendectomy | Postoperative outcome | SURGERY | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | MANAGEMENT | CLINICAL PATHWAY | VOLUME | PROVISION | CARE | emergency appendectomy | postoperative outcome | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | children | hospital volume | trends | Hospitals, District | Humans | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Child, Preschool | England | Hospitals, Pediatric | Infant | Male | Treatment Outcome | Surgicenters | Time Factors | Hospitals, General | Adolescent | Emergency Treatment - statistics & numerical data | Female | Retrospective Studies | Child | Cohort Studies
Hospital volume | Children | Trends | Emergency appendectomy | Postoperative outcome | SURGERY | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | MANAGEMENT | CLINICAL PATHWAY | VOLUME | PROVISION | CARE | emergency appendectomy | postoperative outcome | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | children | hospital volume | trends | Hospitals, District | Humans | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Child, Preschool | England | Hospitals, Pediatric | Infant | Male | Treatment Outcome | Surgicenters | Time Factors | Hospitals, General | Adolescent | Emergency Treatment - statistics & numerical data | Female | Retrospective Studies | Child | Cohort Studies
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British Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0007-1323, 08/2013, Volume 100, Issue 9, pp. 1240 - 1252
Background Identification of variation in practice is a key step towards standardization of service and determination of reliable quality markers. This study...
SURGERY | RATES | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | METAANALYSIS | QUALITY | APPENDICITIS | SURGICAL-SITE INFECTION | VALIDATION | COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY | ACCURACY | Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards | Prospective Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Health Facility Size - statistics & numerical data | Intraoperative Care - statistics & numerical data | Young Adult | Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data | Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Emergency Treatment - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Child | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Treatment Outcome | Hospitalization | Laparoscopy - statistics & numerical data | Appendicitis - pathology | Intraoperative Care - standards | Delivery of Health Care - standards | Regression Analysis | Adolescent | Appendicitis - surgery | Aged
SURGERY | RATES | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | METAANALYSIS | QUALITY | APPENDICITIS | SURGICAL-SITE INFECTION | VALIDATION | COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY | ACCURACY | Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards | Prospective Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Health Facility Size - statistics & numerical data | Intraoperative Care - statistics & numerical data | Young Adult | Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data | Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Emergency Treatment - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Child | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Treatment Outcome | Hospitalization | Laparoscopy - statistics & numerical data | Appendicitis - pathology | Intraoperative Care - standards | Delivery of Health Care - standards | Regression Analysis | Adolescent | Appendicitis - surgery | Aged
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American Journal of Surgery, The, ISSN 0002-9610, 2011, Volume 201, Issue 4, pp. 433 - 437
Abstract Background Appendectomy remains one of the most common emergency surgical procedures encountered throughout the United States. With improvements in...
Surgery | Negative appendectomy | Acute appendicitis | Ovarian pathology | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY SCAN | United States | Humans | Middle Aged | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Male | Appendectomy - mortality | False Positive Reactions | Young Adult | Appendectomy - trends | Appendicitis - diagnosis | Diagnostic Errors - trends | Adolescent | Sex Factors | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Diagnostic Errors - statistics & numerical data | Appendectomy | Disease | Sex | Institutions | Data bases | Pain | Classification | Tomography | Colon | Diagnosis | Age | Statistical analysis | Medical imaging | Appendicitis | Mortality | Patients | Appendix | Abdomen | Studies | Pathology | Hospitals | Emergency procedures | Cysts | Womens health | Men | Diagnostic systems | Females | Tumors
Surgery | Negative appendectomy | Acute appendicitis | Ovarian pathology | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY SCAN | United States | Humans | Middle Aged | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Male | Appendectomy - mortality | False Positive Reactions | Young Adult | Appendectomy - trends | Appendicitis - diagnosis | Diagnostic Errors - trends | Adolescent | Sex Factors | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Diagnostic Errors - statistics & numerical data | Appendectomy | Disease | Sex | Institutions | Data bases | Pain | Classification | Tomography | Colon | Diagnosis | Age | Statistical analysis | Medical imaging | Appendicitis | Mortality | Patients | Appendix | Abdomen | Studies | Pathology | Hospitals | Emergency procedures | Cysts | Womens health | Men | Diagnostic systems | Females | Tumors
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American Journal of Surgery, The, ISSN 0002-9610, 2012, Volume 203, Issue 2, pp. 145 - 150
Abstract Background In pregnant women, a high negative appendectomy (NA) rate often is reported; however, the outcome of pregnancy after a NA is not well...
Surgery | Pregnancy | Negative appendectomy | Acute appendicitis | SURGERY | WOMEN | DIAGNOSIS | ABDOMINAL-PAIN | MRI | LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | SUSPECTED APPENDICITIS | Appendectomy | Fetal Death - etiology | Humans | Pregnancy Complications - surgery | Male | Risk | Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis | False Positive Reactions | Surgical Wound Infection | Case-Control Studies | Premature Birth - etiology | Young Adult | Appendicitis - diagnosis | Adolescent | Abortion, Spontaneous - etiology | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Postoperative Complications | Pregnant women | Appendicitis | Fetuses | Men | Wounds | Exploration | Appendix (anatomy) | Inflammation | Risk factors | Appendix
Surgery | Pregnancy | Negative appendectomy | Acute appendicitis | SURGERY | WOMEN | DIAGNOSIS | ABDOMINAL-PAIN | MRI | LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | SUSPECTED APPENDICITIS | Appendectomy | Fetal Death - etiology | Humans | Pregnancy Complications - surgery | Male | Risk | Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis | False Positive Reactions | Surgical Wound Infection | Case-Control Studies | Premature Birth - etiology | Young Adult | Appendicitis - diagnosis | Adolescent | Abortion, Spontaneous - etiology | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Postoperative Complications | Pregnant women | Appendicitis | Fetuses | Men | Wounds | Exploration | Appendix (anatomy) | Inflammation | Risk factors | Appendix
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery, ISSN 0022-3468, 09/2019, Volume 54, Issue 9, pp. 1794 - 1799
Negative appendectomy rate (NAR) is a quality metric used in the surgical management of appendicitis. The rates of negative appendectomy (NA) in children range...
Negative appendectomy | Pathology | Appendicitis | Pediatric | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | CECAL DIVERTICULITIS | CHILDREN | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | UNUSUAL HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS | SPECIMENS | CARCINOID-TUMORS | INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE | PEDIATRICS | ASSOCIATION | Medical care | Pediatrics | Analysis | Quality management
Negative appendectomy | Pathology | Appendicitis | Pediatric | SURGERY | DIAGNOSIS | CECAL DIVERTICULITIS | CHILDREN | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | UNUSUAL HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS | SPECIMENS | CARCINOID-TUMORS | INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE | PEDIATRICS | ASSOCIATION | Medical care | Pediatrics | Analysis | Quality management
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Pediatrics, ISSN 0031-4005, 2014, Volume 133, Issue 1, pp. e39 - e44
BACKGROUND: Despite increased utilization of laboratory, radiologic imaging, and scoring systems, negative appendectomy (NA) rates in children remain above 3%...
Negative appendectomy | Leukocyte count | Appendectomy | Diagnosis | Differential | Appendicitis | negative appendectomy | C-REACTIVE PROTEIN | SCORE | appendicitis | diagnosis | leukocyte count | appendectomy | differential | CHILDREN | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | PEDIATRICS | DELAY | PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS | Appendicitis - complications | Humans | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Decision Support Techniques | Neutrophils | Child, Preschool | Infant | Leukocytosis - diagnosis | Leukocytosis - etiology | Male | False Positive Reactions | Appendicitis - diagnosis | Sensitivity and Specificity | Adolescent | Appendicitis - surgery | Female | ROC Curve | Leukocyte Count | Retrospective Studies | Appendicitis - blood | Child | Leukocytosis - blood | Evaluation | Usage | Children | Health aspects | Blood cell count | Variables | Leucocytes | Pediatrics | Children & youth
Negative appendectomy | Leukocyte count | Appendectomy | Diagnosis | Differential | Appendicitis | negative appendectomy | C-REACTIVE PROTEIN | SCORE | appendicitis | diagnosis | leukocyte count | appendectomy | differential | CHILDREN | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | PEDIATRICS | DELAY | PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS | Appendicitis - complications | Humans | Appendectomy - statistics & numerical data | Decision Support Techniques | Neutrophils | Child, Preschool | Infant | Leukocytosis - diagnosis | Leukocytosis - etiology | Male | False Positive Reactions | Appendicitis - diagnosis | Sensitivity and Specificity | Adolescent | Appendicitis - surgery | Female | ROC Curve | Leukocyte Count | Retrospective Studies | Appendicitis - blood | Child | Leukocytosis - blood | Evaluation | Usage | Children | Health aspects | Blood cell count | Variables | Leucocytes | Pediatrics | Children & youth
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International Journal of Colorectal Disease, ISSN 0179-1958, 8/2014, Volume 29, Issue 8, pp. 1009 - 1012
Appendicitis is by far the commonest major emergency general surgical operation. Histopathological examination of the appendix is routinely performed.This...
Pathology | Medicine & Public Health | Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | Enterobius vermicularis | Internal Medicine | Carcinoid | Routine | Appendix | Proctology | SURGERY | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | CHILDREN | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | RATES | IMPACT | ENTEROBIUS-VERMICULARIS | EXPERIENCE | OF-THE-LITERATURE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | Appendectomy | Age Factors | Appendix - pathology | Humans | Adult | Female | Male
Pathology | Medicine & Public Health | Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | Enterobius vermicularis | Internal Medicine | Carcinoid | Routine | Appendix | Proctology | SURGERY | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | CHILDREN | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | RATES | IMPACT | ENTEROBIUS-VERMICULARIS | EXPERIENCE | OF-THE-LITERATURE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | Appendectomy | Age Factors | Appendix - pathology | Humans | Adult | Female | Male
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Surgical Endoscopy, ISSN 0930-2794, 2/2016, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp. 593 - 602
When pregnant patients require surgery, whether to perform an operation open or laparoscopic is often debated. We evaluated the impact of laparoscopy for...
Cholecystectomy | NSQIP | Appendectomy | Gynecology | Laparoscopy | Outcomes | Pregnancy | Medicine & Public Health | Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | Abdominal Surgery | Proctology | SURGERY | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT | CHOLELITHIASIS | GRAVID PATIENT | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | WOMEN | 3RD TRIMESTER | ACUTE ABDOMEN | GALLSTONE DISEASE | Body Mass Index | Length of Stay | Multivariate Analysis | Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic - methods | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Humans | Pregnancy Complications - surgery | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Cholecystitis - surgery | Appendectomy - methods | Operative Time | Young Adult | Laparoscopy - methods | Quality Improvement | Cholecystectomy - methods | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Safety | Databases, Factual | Medical research | Pregnant women | Analysis | Medicine, Experimental | Laparoscopic surgery
Cholecystectomy | NSQIP | Appendectomy | Gynecology | Laparoscopy | Outcomes | Pregnancy | Medicine & Public Health | Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | Abdominal Surgery | Proctology | SURGERY | NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY | SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT | CHOLELITHIASIS | GRAVID PATIENT | ACUTE APPENDICITIS | WOMEN | 3RD TRIMESTER | ACUTE ABDOMEN | GALLSTONE DISEASE | Body Mass Index | Length of Stay | Multivariate Analysis | Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic - methods | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Humans | Pregnancy Complications - surgery | Postoperative Complications - epidemiology | Cholecystitis - surgery | Appendectomy - methods | Operative Time | Young Adult | Laparoscopy - methods | Quality Improvement | Cholecystectomy - methods | Appendicitis - surgery | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Safety | Databases, Factual | Medical research | Pregnant women | Analysis | Medicine, Experimental | Laparoscopic surgery
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