Incidental gall bladder carcinoma: Does the surgical approach influence the outcome?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 795-798

  Cucinotta, Eugenio ^a   Lorenzini, Cesare ^a   Melita, Giuseppinella ^a   Iapichino, Giuliano ^a   Currò, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gall bladder carcinoma; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644692875     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03528.x     Document Type: Article

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