Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis during infancy and childhood: Cost analysis and review of current indications

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Jawad, Akram J ^a   Kurban, K ^a   El Bakry, Abdulkarim ^a   Al Rabeeah, Abdullah ^a   Seraj, Mohammed ^a   Ammar, Adel ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCELE;

EID: 0031974402     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900351     Document Type: Article

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