Surgical risks of acute cholecystitis in elderly

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 671-676

  Tokunaga, Yukihiko ^a,b   Nakayama, Noboru ^a   Ishikawa, Yasuhide ^a   Nishitai, Ryuta ^a   Irie, Akemi ^a   Kaganoi, Junichi ^a   Ohsumi, Kiyoshi ^a   Higo, Takashi ^a  

^a Maizuru Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Maizuru Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL RISK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031011533     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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