Prospective evaluation of patients with acute cholecystitis treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy and interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-105

  Paran, Haim ^a   Zissin, Rivka ^a   Rosenberg, Eran ^a   Griton, Igal ^a   Kots, Eugene ^a   Gutman, Mordechai ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Conservative treatment; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Percutaneous cholecystostomy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENIBRIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAIN; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33747032587     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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