Should laparoscopic cholecystectomy be performed in patients with thick-walled gallbladder?

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-44

  Srikanth, Gadiyaram ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Khare, Ritu ^a   Siddappa, Lakshmaiah ^a   Gupta, Archana ^a   Sikora, Sadiq Saleem ^a   Saxena, Rajan ^a   Kapoor, Vinay Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Gallbladder cancer; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Thick walled gallbladder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT INJURY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FROZEN SECTIONS; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642444973     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-003-0866-3     Document Type: Article

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