Feasibility and safety of day care laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a developing country

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 931, 2003, Pages 284-288

  Bal, Sabyasachi ^a   Reddy, L G S ^a   Parshad, R ^a   Guleria, R ^a   Kashyap, L ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; VOMITING;

EID: 0037633981     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.931.284     Document Type: Article

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