National Trends in the Utilization of Cholecystectomy in Children

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Balaguer, Eric J ^a   Price, Mitchell R ^a   Burd, Randall S ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; child; cholecystectomy; hemolytic; laparoscopic; outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE;

EID: 33744972555     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.02.053     Document Type: Article

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