Treatment of acute cholecystitis in non-critically III patients at high surgical risk: Comparison of clinical outcomes after gallbladder aspiration and after percutaneous cholecystostomy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1025-1031

  Chopra, S ^a   Dodd III, G D ^a   Mumbower, A L ^a   Chintapalli, K N ^a   Schwesinger, W H ^a   Sirinek, K R ^a   Dorman, J P ^a   Rhim, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER HEMATOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035083406     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.4.1761025     Document Type: Article

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