Don't cry over spilled stones? Complications of gallstones spilled during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Case report and literature review

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 300-304

  Patterson, Emma J ^a   Nagy, Alexander G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS;

EID: 0030846589     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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