Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Early and late complications and their treatment

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 389, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 164-171

  Shamiyeh, A ^a   Wayand, W ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bile duct injury; Complication; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TROCAR;

EID: 3042767594     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-004-0470-2     Document Type: Review

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