The role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the management of acute cholecystitis in patients with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 668-672

  Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman Saleh ^a   Al Mulhim, Faisal Mohammed ^a   Al Suwaiygh, Abdulmohsen Abdulla ^a  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Laparoscopic; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036307075     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00872-3     Document Type: Article

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