Agenesis of the gallbladder in adults: A laparoscopic diagnosis;Gallenblasenagenesie bei Erwachsenen: Eine laparoskopische diagnose

Chirurg

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 643-645

  Kestenholz, P B ^a,b   Von Flue M ^a   Harder, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gallbladder agenesis; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031159869     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050246     Document Type: Article

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