Abscesses caused by 'dropped' stones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis: A report of three cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-367

  Hashimoto, Masaji ^a   Watanabe, Goro ^a   Matsuda, Masamichi ^a   Ueno, Masaki ^a   Tsurumaru, Masahiko ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

abdominal abscesses; dropped stones; laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030943162     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00941815     Document Type: Article

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