Is there any justification for the routine histological examination of straightforward cholecystectomy specimens?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-241

  Darmas, Borys ^a   Mahmud, S ^a   Abbas, A ^a   Baker, A L ^a  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gall bladder; Gall bladder cancer; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER STAGING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34147092232     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X168361     Document Type: Article

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