Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children with chronic hemolytic anemia: Is the outcome related to the timing of the procedure?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-255

  Curro G ^a   Iapichino, G ^a   Lorenzini, C ^a   Palmeri, R ^a   Cucinotta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hemolytic anemia; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Pigment gallstones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 31144436066     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0318-z     Document Type: Article

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