Acute acalculous cholecystitis: Challenging the myths

HPB

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-134

  Ganpathi, Iyer Shridhar ^a   Diddapur, Ravishankar K ^a   Eugene, Huang ^a   Karim, Masud ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitis; Early treatment; Morbidity; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247552733     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820701315307     Document Type: Article

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