Routine preoperative laboratory analyses are unnecessary before elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 438-441

  Robinson, T N ^a   Biffl, W L ^b   Moore, E E ^a   Heimbach, J K ^a   Calkins, C M ^a   Burch, J ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Liver function tests; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0344406678     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8540-4     Document Type: Article

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