Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in obese and nonobese patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-461

  Gatsoulis, Nikolaos ^a   Koulas, Spiros ^b   Kiparos, Giannis ^b   Tzafestas, Nikolaos ^b   Pangratis, Konstantin ^b   Pandis, Konstantin ^b   Mavrakis, Georgios ^b  

^a General Hospital of Corfu   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREATITIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032717162     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089299765552756     Document Type: Article

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