Non-randomised patients in a cholecystectomy trial: Characteristics, procedures, and outcomes

BMC Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ros, Axel ^a   Carlsson, Per ^b   Rahmqvist, Mikael ^b   Bäckman, Karin ^b   Nilsson, Erik ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33846569969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-6-17     Document Type: Article

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