Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis in Geriatric Patients

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 6, 2001, Pages 294-299

  Decker, G ^b   Goergen, M ^b   Philippart, P ^b   Mendes Da Costa, P ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Aged; Cholecystectomy; Emergency; Laparoscopy; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035523731     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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