title: Early experience with laparoscopic appendectomy in women.
abstract: Experience and the surgical technique of laparoscopic appendectomy in 70 female patients over a period of more than three years is described. Three women were pregnant. Complications occurred in one case.
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik, Krankenhaus Mörsenbroich-Rath GmbH, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Schreiber
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery