Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 226 cirrhotic patients: Experience of a single center in Taiwan

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1583-1587

  Yeh, C N ^a   Chen, M F ^a   Jan, Y Y ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036828445     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9026-0     Document Type: Article

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