Contemporary outcomes of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a major teaching hospital

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1117-1121

  Lau, Hung ^a   Brooks, David C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER HEMATOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CHOLELITHIASIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036717199     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6264-1     Document Type: Article

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