Timing of cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Papi, Claudio ^a,b   Catarci, Marco ^a   D'Ambrosio, Letizia ^a   Gili, Loredana ^a   Koch, Maurizio ^a   Grassi, Giovanni Battista ^a   Capurso, Lucio ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Dipto Gastroenterologia/Med Int   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMBASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542598081     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1572-0241.2003.04002.x     Document Type: Article

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