Significance of preoperative ultrasound measurement of gallbladder wall thickness

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 926-929

  Majeski, James ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLADDER STONE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848929693     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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