Paediatric Appendicectomy in a UK District General Hospital: Retrospective Analysis of Laparoscopic Versus Open Approaches Performed by Non-Paediatric Specialist General Surgeons

Sara Azeem, Zohaib Jamal, Leena S Harishkumar, Anza T Khan, Khizra Zafar, Imran Alam

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.97717
Published: 2025-11-24
Container: Cureus
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.97717,
  title = {Paediatric Appendicectomy in a UK District General Hospital: Retrospective Analysis of Laparoscopic Versus Open Approaches Performed by Non-Paediatric Specialist General Surgeons},
  author = {Sara Azeem and Zohaib Jamal and Leena S Harishkumar and Anza T Khan and Khizra Zafar and Imran Alam},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.97717},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.97717}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Paediatric Appendicectomy in a UK District General Hospital: Retrospective Analysis of Laparoscopic Versus Open Approaches Performed by Non-Paediatric Specialist General Surgeons
AU  - Sara Azeem
AU  - Zohaib Jamal
AU  - Leena S Harishkumar
AU  - Anza T Khan
AU  - Khizra Zafar
AU  - Imran Alam
PY  - 2025
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.97717
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.97717
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Azeem, S., Jamal, Z., Harishkumar, L. S., Khan, A. T., Zafar, K., & Alam, I. (2025). Paediatric Appendicectomy in a UK District General Hospital: Retrospective Analysis of Laparoscopic Versus Open Approaches Performed by Non-Paediatric Specialist General Surgeons. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.97717

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