Partial cholecystectomy as a safe and viable option in the emergency treatment of complex acute cholecystitis: A case series and review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 498-507

  Soleimani, Mehrdad ^a,b   Mehrabi, Arianeb ^b   Mood, Zhoobin A ^b   Fonouni, Hamidreza ^b   Kashfi, Arash ^b   Büchler, Markus W ^b   Schmidt, Jan ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250211823     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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