Feasibility of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in a rural centre

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 979-982

  Hemli, Jonathan M ^a   Arnot, Richard S ^a   Ashworth, Jack J ^a   Curtin, Austin M ^a   Simon, Robert A ^a   Townend, David M ^a  

^a Lismore Base Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bile duct; Choledocholithiasis; Laparoscopy; Rural community; Rural hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644402168     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03216.x     Document Type: Article

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