Health-related quality of life and appropriateness of cholecystectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-118

  Quintana, José Ma ^a   Cabriada, Jose ^a   Aróstegui, Inmaculada ^b   Oribe, Victor ^c   Perdigo, Luis ^d   Varona, Mercedes ^c   Bilbao, Amaia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAND APPROPRIATENESS METHODOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 11144316080     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000149302.32675.22     Document Type: Article

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