Timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: Evidence to support a proposal for an early interval surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1188-1192

  Low, Jee K ^a   Barrow, Paul ^a   Owera, Anas ^a   Ammori, Basil J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449083638     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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