Comparison of laparoscopic cholecystectomy with open cholecystectomy in a single center

The American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 459-465

  Williams Jr , Lester F ^a   Chapman, William C ^a   Bonau, Roger A ^a   McGee Jr , Edwin C ^a   Boyd, Russell W ^a   Jacobs, J Kenneth ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GALLSTONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027267463     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(05)80941-9     Document Type: Article

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