Early Cholecystectomy for Mild to Moderate Gallstone Pancreatitis Shortens Hospital Stay

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 762-766

  Rosing, David K ^a   de Virgilio, Christian ^a   Yaghoubian, Arezou ^a   Putnam, Brant A ^a   El Masry, Monica ^a   Kaji, Amy ^a   Stabile, Bruce E ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; BILIRUBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE PANCREATITIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36148948559     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.06.291     Document Type: Article

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