Iatrogenic gallbladder perforation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Etiology and sequelae

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 944-948

  Hui, Thomas T ^a   Giurgiu, Dan I ^a   Margulies, Daniel R ^a   Takagi, Sumito ^a   Iida, Atsushi ^a   Phillips, Edward H ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032823103     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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