Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-231

  Rašić, Žarko ^a   Bakula, Branko ^a   Zoričić, Ivan ^a   Bevanda, Miljenko ^a   Kozomara, Davorin ^a   Brekalo, Zdrinko ^a  

^a Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy laparoscopic contraindications; Cholelithiasis surgery; Liver cirrhosis complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 0036742176     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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