Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for elderly patients: Gold standard for golden years?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 531-536

  Bingener, Juliane ^b   Richards, Melanie L ^b   Schwesinger, Wayne H ^b   Strodel, William E ^b   Sirinek, Kenneth R ^a   Madura, James A ^b   Velasco, Jose M ^b   Joehl, Raymond J ^b   Millikan, Keith W ^b   Dayton, Merrill T ^b   Peck, James J ^b   Organ Jr , Claude H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037694855     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.5.531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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