Routine laparoscopic cholecystectomy after endoscopic sphincterotomy for choledocholithiasis in octogenarians: Is it worth the risk?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Costi, R ^a   DiMauro, D ^a   Mazzeo, A ^a   Boselli, A S ^a   Contini, S ^a   Violi, V ^a   Roncoroni, L ^a   Sarli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Complications; Laparoscopy; Octogenarians; Sphincterotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845642535     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-0169-2     Document Type: Article

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