Risk factors for gallstone disease in the laparoscopic era

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 450-452

  Richardson, W S ^a   Carter, K M ^a   Helm, B ^a   Garcia, L A ^a   Chambers, R B ^a   Keats, B J ^b  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Epidemiology; Gallstones; Laparoscopic surgery; Prevalence; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036188376     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8306-4     Document Type: Article

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