Patients awaiting laparoscopic cholecystectomy - Can pre-operative complications be predicted?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-90

  Thornton, D J A ^a,b   Robertson, A ^a   Alexander, D J ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Pre operative complications; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGEON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 1542725011     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588404322827446     Document Type: Article

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