Is intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy cost effective?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 663-669

  Podnos, Yale D ^a   Gelfand, Dmitri V ^a   Dulkanchainun, Tom S ^a   Wilson, Samuel E ^a   Cao, Sean ^a   Ji, Ping ^a   Ortiz, Jorge A ^a   Imagawa, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common bile duct injuries; Cost analysis; Intraoperative cholangiography; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT INJURY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035707024     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00808-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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