Variation in the use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: A population-based study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1084-1088

  Lam, Chi Ming ^a,b   Yuen, Albert W ^a   Chik, Barbara ^b   Wai, Andy C ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^b  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944447372     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.11.1084     Document Type: Article

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