Randomised, prospective, single-blind comparison of laparoscopic versus small-incision cholecystectomy

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9007, 1996, Pages 989-994

  Majeed, A W ^a,b   Troy, G ^a   Nicholl, J P ^a   Smythe, A ^a   Reed, M W R ^a   Stoddard, C J ^a   Peacock, J ^a   Johnson, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; WORK RESUMPTION; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0029940781     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90143-9     Document Type: Article

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