title: Open appendectomy with invagination of the stump rather than laparoscopic appendectomy-are we really serious?
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Hinduja Hospital, Veer Savarkar Road, Mahim, Mumbai, 400016, India, deeprajbhandarkar@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Deepraj S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bhandarkar
mesh_terms: D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013537:Sutures
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