Trends in management of gallbladder disorders in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 348-352

  Lugo Vicente, H L ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgery   (Puerto Rico)

^b Caparra Heights Station   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder disorders; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DYSKINESIA; ENDOSCOPIC PAPILLOTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; T TUBE;

EID: 0030848045     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01076936     Document Type: Article

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