Laparoscopic management of acute cholecystitis with subtotal cholecystectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 955-957

  Ransom, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031690750     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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