Routine cholecystectomy is not mandatory during morbid obesity surgery

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-460

  Ellner, Scott J ^a   Myers, Tamara T ^b   Piorkowski, James R ^b   Mavanur, Arun A ^b   Barba, Carlos A ^a,b  

^a SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cholecystectomy; Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447313178     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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