Preoperative ultrasonography and prediction of technical difficulties during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-77

  Daradkeh, S S ^a   Suwan, Z ^a   Abu Khalaf, M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031975627     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900352     Document Type: Article

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