Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients aged 80 years and over

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1204-1210

  Kwon, A Hon ^a   Matsui, Yoichi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INJURY; INTRAVENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POLYP; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746044500     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0413-2     Document Type: Article

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