Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the geriatric population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1380-1383

  Golden, William E ^a,b   Cleves, Mario A ^a,b   Johnston, Judith C ^a  

^a Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029950356     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01412.x     Document Type: Article

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