Prospective evaluation of emergency versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for early cholecystitis

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Serralta, Alfonso S ^a,c   Bueno, Jose L ^a   Planells, Manuel R ^b   Rodero, David R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholelithiasis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; EMERGENCIES; FEVER; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038297564     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200304000-00002     Document Type: Article

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