Iatrogenic bile duct injury: A population-based study of 152 776 cholecystectomies in the Swedish inpatient registry

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1207-1213

  Waage, Anne ^a   Nilsson, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCTS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845683511     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.12.1207     Document Type: Article

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