Predictive factors for the type of surgery in acute cholecystitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 291-297

  Schäfer, Markus ^a   Krähenbühl, Lukas ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; C reactive protein; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Open cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0034802644     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00702-4     Document Type: Article

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