Empyema of the gall bladder: Reappraisal in the laparoscopy era

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 140-142

  Al Jaberi, Tareq M R ^a   Gharaibeh, Kamal ^a   Khammash, Mohammad ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholecystitis; Empyema; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041883815     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2003.140     Document Type: Article

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