@article{e386bde13d6543cb889e73d39d0dc64a,
title = "Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Laparoscopic and Open Appendectomy",
author = "Garbutt, {Jane M.} and Soper, {Nathaniel J.} and Shannon, {William D.} and Ana Botero and Benjamin Littenberg",
note = "Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with intention to treat analysis which reported relevant outcome data and had at least 20 participants in the study. Trials were excluded if the randomisation was absent or inadequate, the individual studies did not include original data, the treatments were other than laparoscopy or open appendectomy, the patients were other than those with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain consistent with acute appendicitis.",
year = "1999",
month = feb,
language = "American English",
volume = "9",
journal = "Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy",
}