Surgery for acute cholecystitis in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 648-651

  Ainsworth, Alan P ^a   Adamsen, Sven ^b   Rosenberg, Jacob ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholecystectomy; Epidemiology; Laparoscopic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DENMARK; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247328593     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520601176007     Document Type: Article

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