Cholecystectomy in the elderly: A prospective study

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 220-222

  Houghton, P W J ^a,b   Jenkinson, L R ^a   Donaldson, L A ^a  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; common bile ducts; gallbladder; geriatrics

Indexed keywords

AGED; BILE DUCT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GANGRENE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0022002724     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800720327     Document Type: Review

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