Should cholecystectomy be performed for asymptomatic cholelithiasis in transplant patients?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 302-312

  Kao, Lillian S ^a   Kuhr, Christian S ^b   Flum, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BILE FLOW; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBESITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGOTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0041665015     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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