Increased laparoscopic experience does not lead to improved results with acute cholecystitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 591-594

  Bender, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Duncan, Mark D ^a   Freeswick, Paul D ^a   Harmon, John W ^a   Magnuson, Thomas H ^a   Squires, Ronald ^c   Zannis, Victor ^c   Forster, Jameson ^c   Shapiro, Steve ^c   Hartsaw, Sara ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0036915643     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)01089-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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