A Cost-Effective Technique for Laparoscopic Appendectomy: Outcomes and Costs of a Case-Control Prospective Single-Operator Study of 112 Unselected Consecutive Cases of Complicated Acute Appendicitis - 19/02/14

Salomone Di Saverio, MD, PhD ^{a, d, ⁎} , Matteo Mandrioli, MD ^a, Andrea Sibilio, MD ^a, Nazareno Smerieri, MD ^a, Raffaele Lombardi, MD ^a, Fausto Catena, MD, PhD, FRCS ^b, Luca Ansaloni, MD, PhD ^c, Gregorio Tugnoli, MD, PhD ^a, Michele Masetti, MD, PhD ^a, Elio Jovine, MD, PhD ^a

^a Emergency and General Surgery Department, CA Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital, Bologna Local Health District, Bologna, Italy 

^b Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Maggiore Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy 

^c General and Emergency and Trauma Surgery, I Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy 

^d Upper GI Surgery Unit, Frenchay Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK 

^∗Correspondence address: Salomone Di Saverio, MD, PhD, Emergency and General Surgery Department, CA Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital, Largo B Nigrisoli 2, 40133 Bologna, Italy.