Comparison of laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy at Prince Abdulrahman Al Sudairy Hospital, Saudi Arabia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 536-539

  Al Hadi, F H H ^a   Chiedozi, L C ^a,b   Salem, M M M ^a   George, T V ^a   Desouky, M ^a   Pasha, S M ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Saudi Arabia)

^b PO Box 612 ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032152681     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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