The importance of the preoperative ultra sonography in the evaluation of technical difficulties and of possible complications in laparoscopic cholecystectomy;L'importanza della ultrasonografia preoperatoria nella valutazione delle difficoltà tecniche e delle eventuali complicanze nella colecistectomia laparoscopica

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-228

  Matranga, S ^a   Sciume C ^a   Leo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC); Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031090270     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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