Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration are safe for older patients

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1302-1308

  Paganini, A M ^a   Feliciotti, F ^a   Guerrieri, M ^a   Tamburini, A ^a   Campagnacci, R ^a   Lezoche, E ^b,c  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^c INI Canistro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choledocholithiasis; Common bile duct exploration; Elderly; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Single stage laparoscopic management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036732032     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8316-2     Document Type: Article

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