Randomized comparison of pulmonary function after the 'French' and 'American' techniques of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 938-941

  Kum, C K ^a,b   Eypasch, E ^a   Aljaziri, A ^a   Troidl, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITAL CAPACITY;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029931560     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830716     Document Type: Article

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