Gallbladder torsion: Case report and review of 245 cases reported in the Japanese literature

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-421

  Nakao, Atsunori ^a,b   Matsuda, Tadakazu ^a   Funabiki, Sadami ^a   Mori, Takashi ^a   Koguchi, Keiji ^a   Iwado, Takaaki ^a   Matsuda, Kazuo ^a   Takakura, Norihisa ^b   Isozaki, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Noriaki ^b  

^a Tenwakai Matsuda Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gallbladder torsion; Japan

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; REVIEW; TORSION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; TORSION;

EID: 0033254954     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005340050143     Document Type: Review

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