Factors affecting conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-101

  Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Lai, Edward C S ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Chu, Kent Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030065281     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430130100022     Document Type: Article

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