Cholecystectomy in patients with previous spinal cord injury

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 452-459

  Ahmed, Hashim U ^a,b   Smith, Jared B ^b,c   Rudderow, Dennis J ^b,c   Longo, Walter E ^b,c   Virgo, Katherine S ^b,c   Johnson, Frank E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Laparoscopy; Spinal cord injury; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VETERANS;

EID: 0036845466     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)01002-4     Document Type: Article

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