Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with previous upper or lower abdominal surgery

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-101

  Karayiannakis, A J ^a   Polychronidis, A ^a   Perente, S ^a   Botaitis, S ^a   Simopoulos, C ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Adhesions; Complications; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ABDOMEN; ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642458171     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9001-4     Document Type: Article

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