Endoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Analysis of Complications

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1192-1198

  Wolfe, Bruce M ^a   Gardiner, Barry N ^a   Leary, Barbara F ^a   Frey, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0026051556     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1991.01410340030005     Document Type: Article

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