Ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis in critically ill patients: One center's experience

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Başaran, Özgür ^a   Yavuzer, Nazli ^a   Selçuk, Haldun ^a   Harman, Ali ^a   Karakayali, Hamdi ^a   Bilgin, Nevzat ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholecystostomy; Percutaneous treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845325811     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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