The timing of surgery for cholecystitis: a review of 202 consecutive patients at a large municipal hospital

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-470

  Lee, Ann Y ^a   Carter, Joseph J ^a   Hochberg, Mark S ^a   Stone, Alex M ^a   Cohen, Stuart L ^a   Pachter, H Leon ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gallstone disease; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Timing of cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949111047     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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