Surgical morbidity and mortality in one hundred and twenty‐nine patients with obstructive jaundice

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 216-219

  Greig, J D ^a,b   Krukowski, Z H ^a   Matheson, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

morbidity; mortality; obstructive jaundice; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0023895973     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800750309     Document Type: Article

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