Spilled gall stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A review of the literature

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 940, 2004, Pages 77-79

  Sathesh Kumar, T ^a   Saklani, A P ^b   Vinayagam, R ^c   Blackett, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY; ULTRASOUND;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1542359044     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.2003.006023     Document Type: Review

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