A survey of the timing and approach to the surgical management of cholelithiasis in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis and acute cholecystitis in the UK

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 306-312

  Senapati, P S P ^a   Bhattarcharya, D ^a   Harinath, G ^a   Ammori, B J ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute biliary pancreatitis; Acute cholecystitis; Audit; Cholelithiasis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Management

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141830713     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403769162404     Document Type: Article

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