Techniques and clinical outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in adult patients with β-thalassemias

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-172

  Kok, Kenneth Y Y ^a   Yapp, Samuel K S ^b  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Thalassemias; Adult patients; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Port placements

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038790263     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200306000-00006     Document Type: Article

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