A survey of surgical treatment of gallstone disease and the diffusion of laparoscopic surgery in Sweden 1992-93

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-295

  Berggren, Ulf ^a   Arvidsson, Dag ^a   Haglund, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gallstones; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Technology assessment biomed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SWEDEN;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031949535     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750004526     Document Type: Article

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