Laparoscopic appendectomy is superior to open appendectomy in obese patients
- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 194 (6) , 877-881
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.043
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