Ambulatory and admitted laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients have comparable outcomes but different functional health status

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 921-926

  Burney, R E ^a   Jones, K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgical procedures; Cholecystectomy; Health status; Laparoscopy; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GALLSTONE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036271630     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8201-z     Document Type: Article

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