Is cholecystectomy effective treatment for symptomatic gallstones? Clinical outcome after long-term follow-up

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Gui, G P H ^a,b   Cheruvu, C V N ^a   West, N ^a   Sivaniah, K ^a   Fiennes, A G T W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Clinical outcome; Gallbladder; Laparoscopic; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642642958     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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