Does cholecystectomy always resolve biliary disease?

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1435-1439

  Russello, D ^a   Di Stefano, A ^a,b   Scala, R ^a   Favetta, A ^a   Emmi, S ^a   Guastella, T ^a   Latteri, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Cholelitiasis; Dyspepsia, flatulent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031423145     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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