Liver enzymes are commonly elevated following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Is elevated intra-abdominal pressure the cause?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-259

  Andrei, Valeriu E ^a   Schein, Moshe ^a,b   Margolis, Marc ^a   Rucinski, James C ^a   Wise, Leslie ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal hypertension; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Liver function test

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031924273     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018624     Document Type: Article

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