Can the MELD score predict perioperative morbidity for patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-159

  Bingener, Juliane ^a,b   Cox, Diane ^a   Michalek, Joel ^b   Mejia, Alejandro ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH TURCOTTE SCORE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40949135024     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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