Acute cholecystitis treated urgently by nonselective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 598-601

  Estes, Norman C ^a   McElhinney, Christian ^a   Estes, Melissa A ^a   Opie, Harlan ^a   Johnson, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029884945     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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