Clinical update: early surgery for acute cholecystitis

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9575, 2007, Pages 1774-1776

  Germanos, Stylianos ^a   Gourgiotis, Stavros ^b   Kocher, Hemant M ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT PAIN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GALLBLADDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34249324488     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60796-X     Document Type: Note

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