The role of preoperative investigations in predicting difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomies: Results in 200 consecutive cases

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 791-793

  Urbano, D ^a,b   Di Nardo, R ^a   De Simone, P ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Alfani, D ^a   Cortesini, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Preoperative workup; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030213256     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189534     Document Type: Article

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