Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the geriatric population

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 386-390

  Behrman, Stephen W ^a,b   Melvin, W Scott ^a   Babb, Mary E ^a   Johnson, Jerome ^a   Ellison, E Christopher ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University Medical Center Fresno   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029984617     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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