Incidence and significance of subdiaphragmatic air following laparoscopic cholecystectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 132-136

  Schauer, Philip R ^a,c   Page, Carey P ^b   Ghiatas, Abraham A ^b   Miller, Joseph E ^b   Schwesinger, Wayne H ^b   Sirinek, Kenneth R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUTERIZATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031028430     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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