Outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 400-403

  Al Salamah, Saleh M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Morbidity; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23644443245     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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