Utility of liver function tests after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1238-1240

  Kaldor, Amy ^a   Akopian, Gabriel ^a   Recabaren, James ^a   Alexander, Magdi ^a,b  

^a HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BILE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTIC DUCT; FORECASTING; GALLSTONE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTIC DUCT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846933331     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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