Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: Technical considerations and outcome

Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-31

  Liu, Terrence H ^a   Consorti, Eileen T ^b   Mercer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Kelsey Seybold Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Clinical outcomes; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036301037     PISSN: 10715517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060200900104     Document Type: Article

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