Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Patients With Hepatic Cirrhosis: A Five-Year Experience

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-291

  Friel, Charles M ^a   Stack, Jenny ^a   Forse, R Armour ^a   Babineau, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic cirrhosis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BOSTON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; EMERGENCIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033122729     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(99)80070-5     Document Type: Article

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