Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with porcelain gallbladder based on the preoperative ultrasound findings

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 58, 2004, Pages 950-953

  Kwon, A Hon ^a   Inui, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsui, Yoichi ^a   Uchida, Yoichiro ^a   Hukui, Junichi ^a   Kamiyama, Yasuo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder cancer; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Porcelain gallbladder; Preoperative ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PORCELAIN GALLBLADDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042610051     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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