The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 5 , Pages 580-584 , May 2008

Demographic and socioeconomic trends in the use of laparoscopic appendectomy from 1997 to 2003

Received 30 November 2007 ,Revised 24 December 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(08)00092-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.12.031

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 5 , Pages 580-584 , May 2008

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