Percutaneous gall bladder aspiration as an alternative to laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Child-Pugh C cirrhotic patients with acute cholecystitis [4]

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 898-899

  Curro G ^a,b   Cucinotta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ASPIRATION; BLADDER ASPIRATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33646796325     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.087841     Document Type: Letter

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