Selection criteria for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in an ambulatory care setting

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1145-1146

  Voyles, C R ^a,b,c   Berch, B R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA BASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ABDOMEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031470443     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900556     Document Type: Article

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