Changing indications for pediatric cholecystectomy

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1250-1253

  Miltenburg, Darlene M ^a   Schaffer III, Randolph ^a   Breslin, Tara ^a   Brandt, Mary L ^a   DeBakey, Michael E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gallbladder; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0034036082     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.6.1250     Document Type: Article

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