Efficacy and safety of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly: A case-controlled comparison with the open approach;Efficacia e sicurezza delia colecistectomia laparoscopica nell'anziano: Studio comparativo caso-controllo versus colecistectomia laparotomica

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-153

  Fisichella, P M A ^a   Di Stefano, A ^a   Di Carlo, I ^a   La Greca, G ^a   Russello, D ^a   Latteri, F ^a  

^a Divisione Clinicizzata di Chirurgia d'Urgenza e Pronto Soccorso Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro Catania   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Elderly; Laparoscopic cholecistectomy; Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036513958     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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